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单词 trite
释义 trite
\ˈtrīt, usu -īd.+V\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Latin tritus, past participle of terere to rub, wear out by use, make trite — more at throw
1.
 a. : used or occurring so often as to have lost interest, freshness, or force : stale, vapid
  < trite diction >
  < a trite and commonplace observation — Earl of Chesterfield >
  < a subject which will seem trite to some — J.M.Moore >
  < a trite plot >
 b. : characterized by commonplace expression, treatment, or point of view : composed of or employing clichés or platitudes
  < a trite speech >
  < poet … can be not only trite, he can be pompous, inflated — Times Literary Supplement >
  < too many trite objects in shiny yellow brass or dull black iron — New Yorker >
2.
 a. : worn by much rubbing
  < trite coins >
 b. : much-traveled : beaten
  < a trite path >
  < all these regions are trite and familiar — Norman Douglas >
Synonyms:
 trite, hackneyed, stereotyped, threadbare, and shopworn all apply to something, especially a once effective idea or expression in writing or art or a dramatic plot, lacking the power to evoke attention or interest because it lacks freshness. trite applies to something spoiled by too long familiarity with it, suggesting commonplaceness or total lack of power to impress
  < the foregoing remarks doubtless sound trite and commonplace — M.R.Cohen >
  < it is as true as it is trite to liken the desert to a sea and the camel to a ship — C.S.Coon >
  < one could wish however that he had found a less trite and commonplace way of ending his chapters — Geographical Journal >
  hackneyed, often interchangeable with trite, stresses the idea of such constant use that all significance or force is dulled or destroyed
  < the hackneyed pictures we have seen again and again — C.M.Smith >
  < used the hackneyed old theme of the vanity of earthly power for one of his best poems — Susanne K. Langer >
  < a hackneyed and cheap melodrama >
  stereotyped stresses an imitative quality, a usually total lack of originality or creativity
  < most advertising today is stereotyped — using the same words, the same ideas that we have had for more than 50 years — Printers' Ink >
  < a stereotyped novel about a young girl growing to womanhood >
  threadbare applies to what has been used or exploited so much that its possibilities of interest have been totally exhausted
  < when one writer hit upon a good phrase the others took it up and used it until it became threadbare — Stanley Walker >
  < this charge is becoming threadbare with repetition — J.H.Pollack >
  < our self-deceptive pretence of jollity at a threadbare joke — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
  shopworn suggests a loss, from constant use, of some or most of the qualities that appeal or arouse interest
  < there hardly exists a more shopworn plot than the one about the show that during its preparation has to battle against all sorts of obstacles to emerge in the end a sensational success — Vicki Baum >
  < when a book as unusual as this appears the old adjectives seem too shopworn to do it justice — Graham Bates >
  < he has devoted his very considerable talents to a shopworn theme: the building of the first space platform — J.F.McComas >
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