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小词详解 | platitude
platitude 英 [ˈplætɪtjuːd] 美 [ˈplætɪtuːd]
Unable to contain its appetite for Silicon Valley platitudes, Facebook claimed that its mission was to “empower billions of people”. Making money or strengthening its market power are, apparently, a sideshow.
对于硅谷常用的那些陈词滥调, Facebook 也按捺不住地拿过来,声称其使命是“为数十亿人赋权”,就好像赚钱或增强自己的市场支配力只是次要的事似的。
——《经济学人》Teachers need better compensation, not platitudes celebrating teacher appreciation week.
教师们需要更好的补偿,而非庆祝谢师周的陈词滥调。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] (尤指带有道德内容的)言论或表述,因使用过于频繁而显得无趣或未经思索
言不由衷地说一些表示同情的客套话
mouth some sympathetic platitudes他为什么就不能讲些有新意的话,而不是喋喋不休地说些老生常谈呢?
Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
谚语总是些陈词滥调,直到你亲身体验过其中的真理。
cliché: a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought commonplace: a trite saying or topic; a platitude truism: a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting