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单词 platitude
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platitude
noun[C]
disapproving
uk
/ˈplæt.ɪ.tjuːd/us
/ˈplæt̬.ə.tuːd/
aremarkorstatementthat may betruebut isboringand has nomeaningbecause it has been said so manytimesbefore:
陈词滥调；老生常谈
He doesn'tmouthplatitudes about it notmatteringwhoscoresaslongas theteamwins.他不会说这样的套话：只要球队赢了，谁进球都不重要。
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bromide(COMMENT)formal
commonplaceformal
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platitudinous
(Definition ofplatitudefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

platitude| American Dictionary

platitude
noun[C]
us
/ˈplæt̬·ɪˌtud/
astatementthat has beenrepeatedso often that it ismeaningless:
Theynoddedat every platitude about makingsacrificestoday for abettertomorrow.
(Definition ofplatitudefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplatitude

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That contemporary tropes entered the language of politicians hardly moves beyondplatitude.
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For there are number of platitudes about utilitarianism and about how it relates to competitors like prioritarianism.
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There were, in addition, a few niggling little platitudes dotted around here and there, but the writing style was competent, if a little sermonising.
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That is, the term "red" names a certain property, one that satisfies a range of platitudes assumed by ordinary language users.
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I will discuss the three types of platitudes in turn.
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So because of the strong pressure to vindicate theplatitudeabout ethical significance, there is also strong pressure to vindicate the utilitarian and prioritarian presupposition.
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That is because of theplatitudeabout ethical significance.
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This result will be important when we return to theplatitudeabout ethical significance.
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First, anotherplatitude: a language is not a language without representational signs.
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Once she is reminded of certain platitudes about vagueness, the legal theorist needs no further help from philosophers of language and logic.
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It might be objected that whereas the standard claim about distributive sensitivity is widely regarded as aplatitude, the alternate claim is not.
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If we are to appeal to theplatitudeabout distributive sensitivity to constrain interpretation, we need an alternate reading of it.
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So it is those platitudes which are going to implicitly define the term if anything does.
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What determines the set of individual goodness measures just is the body of platitudes we accept about utilitarianism and prioritarianism.
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And since 'individual goodness measure' features in the standard definition of utilitarianism, it thereby features in those platitudes, at least implicitly.
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