| 单词 | banal |
| 释义 | banal adjective uk/bəˈnɑːl/us/bəˈnɑːl/boring,ordinary, and notoriginal: 平庸的，陈腐的He justsatthere making banalremarksallevening.他整晚只是坐在那儿说些老套的话。 banalpopsongs平淡无奇的流行歌曲 Synonyms commonplace tritedisapproving Tedious and uninspiring
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Bore and bored banal| American Dictionarybanal adjective us/bəˈnæl,-nɑl; ˈbeɪ·nəl/too often used in the past andthereforenotinteresting: He justsatthere making banalremarksallevening. Examplesofbanalbanal But the poetic relation between the two too often tends either to thebanalor the meaningless. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, he gives us unexpert sophistication: a village band staggering from solecism to solecism in an ostentatiouslybanaland trivial tune. From theCambridge English Corpus It is nobanalevent that she rises above making noise. From theCambridge English Corpus What was once fresh and liberating could verge on thebanaltoday. From theCambridge English Corpus What happens next in his argument is oddlybanal. From theCambridge English Corpus The ad hoc committee that investigated the defeat came up with no fewer than 28 reasons, from thebanalto the incisive. From theCambridge English Corpus The use of figurative language,banalas it may seem, reflects the experience of the user and the intellectual environment in which he functioned. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus stated, the message sounds almostbanal, but on stage it was striking and resonated with great power. From theCambridge English Corpus Even more schematic from a dramatic point of view, indeedbanal, would be a mapping of this opposition on to one between harmoniousness and bleakness. From theCambridge English Corpus Though completelybanal, this model was a great help to find common ground on what to discuss. From theCambridge English Corpus Some readers might find this exchange toobanalto arouse more than a very faint flicker of humour. From theCambridge English Corpus There are melodic ideas of distinction, memorable yet neverbanal. From theCambridge English Corpus They rarely engage with the writer, consisting mostly of a fewbanalphrases about the duty to work hard and study diligently. From theCambridge English Corpus In other situations they might talk to themselves or just do abanalactivity, like cleaning their boots. From theCambridge English Corpus Is thebanalbarking of dogs enough to make me change my mind? From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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