| 单词 | trite |
| 释义 | trite (traɪt ) adjective If you say that something such as an idea, remark, or story is trite, you mean that it is dull and boring because it has been said or told too many times. The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive. Synonyms: unoriginal, worn, common, stock Collocations: trite phrase He came out with the same trite phrase. Times, Sunday Times I went into the profession with a rather dated altruism to assist my fellow mortals throughout their allotted spans, by means of that now rather trite phrase of 'holistic care'. Times, Sunday Times If you responded at all, it was to deplore the use of trite phrases on both sides. The Times Literary Supplement It's one of those trite phrases that contains oodles of truth. Times, Sunday Times |
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