boilerplate
noun[U]
USuk/ˈbɔɪ.lə.pleɪt/us/ˈbɔɪ.lɚ.pleɪt/boilerplatenoun[U](STANDARD)
textthat can becopiedand used inlegaldocumentsor incomputerprograms, with only verysmallchanges
(在法律文件或者计算机程序中略微修改即可使用的)文件样板,文件范例Papers and compositions
- composition
- dissertation
- essay
- monograph
- palimpsest
- paper
- peer review
- review
- thesis
- tract
- treatise
boilerplatenoun[U](ORDINARY)
a way of writing orthinkingthat is notspecialand does not show anyimagination:
陈词滥调Thelyricsare boilerplate anduninspiring.歌词是一派陈词滥调,单调乏味。
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- homeliness
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- humble
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
- unoriginal
- unostentatiously
- unremarkable
- well trodden
- workaday