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单词 platitudinous
释义
platitudinous
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˌplæt.ɪˈtʃuː.dɪ.nəs/us
/ˌplæt̬.əˈtuː.dən.əs/
boringand having nomeaningbecause of being said so manytimesbefore:
Thespeechwaslongandratherplatitudinous.
After a fewmomentsmore of this platitudinouschatwebowedand went onourway.
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platitude
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  • There were theusualplatitudinous sound-bites aboutrespectfor theopposition.
  • Thepolicyrecommendationsseema little platitudinous.
  • Theirgemsofwisdomare sometimesdenouncedas platitudinous andsimplistic.
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(Definition ofplatitudinousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplatitudinous

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Each time, he has called the electrical company to complain and, on those occasions when the telephone worked, received a recorded andplatitudinousmessage.
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Although this point verges on theplatitudinous, it is nonetheless an important one.
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Note that, in automatically synthesizing analog electrical circuits composed of transistors, resistors, and capacitors, genetic programming uses only a de minimus amount ofplatitudinousknowledge about analog circuits.
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We should not too lightly adoptplatitudinousshibboleths about any privileged class.
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It is customary and almost compulsory on these occasions to indulge in some form of resounding platitude orplatitudinousmetaphor before one resumes one's seat.
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I shall conclude with a philosophical, albeit aplatitudinous, remark, which should be uttered.
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I am sorry if at first hearing that sounds a littleplatitudinousor even tendentious.
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For this rehousing of the people, it isplatitudinousto say, we shall need labour and materials and a suitable level of building costs.
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Those few and simple words may seem trite, and evenplatitudinous.
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Theplatitudinousapproach to health care policy will not do.
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As far as it went, it was an astoundingly true argument, so true as to be almostplatitudinous.
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One cannot get away from that veryplatitudinousremark.
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All that they have done is to makeplatitudinousassertions.
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I would rather say something more substantial about a few matters instead of somethingplatitudinousabout everything.
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Otherwise, his argument is in the abstract and, therefore, purelyplatitudinous.
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