a hackneyed phrase/subject
陈词滥调；老生常谈的话题
牛津词典
...hackneyed postcard snaps of lochs and glens.
老掉牙的苏格兰湖泊峡谷风景照片
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.
权力导致腐败，绝对权力导致绝对腐败。这虽是老生常谈，但却是真理。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The singular storyline puts a twist on hackneyed subject, providing fresh and provocative entertainment.
独特的剧情展开让常见的题材耳目一新, 从而追求一种新鲜辛辣的乐趣.
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Too often used or too well known to be effective; hackneyed.
因经常使用或尽人皆知而无效力的; 陈腐的.
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Noone would like to accepts the hackneyed idea.
没有人愿意接受陈旧的理念.
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Properly used, and not hackneyed, the words are good and appropriate.
如果用得得当, 而不是滥用的话, 这几个字倒是恰当的好字眼.
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It is a mere hackneyed tune being played anew.
这只不过是老调重弹.
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To use the hackneyed phrase, here he found himself.
用一句陈腐的话说, 他在这里可谓“得其所哉”.
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If the theme were hackneyed, I should be obliged to deal gently with the reader.
假如这是个老生常谈的题目, 我只消向读者轻描淡写一番就行了.
辞典例句
It is a hackneyed expression.
这是一个陈腐的(常见的)表达.
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His message was a hackneyed and grasping exposition of those fears.
他的信息无非是陈词滥调,并暴露了他的恐惧.
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On Valentine's Day, chocolate and roses are hackneyed presents for girls.
在情人节送女孩巧克力和玫瑰是老套的礼物.
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Things we learn at school are always hackneyed.
我们在学校学的东西总是很陈腐.
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The hackneyed theory governed that time.
这个腐朽的理论统治着那个时代.
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This article is rather hackneyed.
这篇文章写得太呆板.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He sometimes slips into rather dreadful puns and hackneyed language.
他有时会失口说出很刺耳的双关语和极陈腐的话来.
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The singular storyline puts a twist on a hackneyed subject, providing fresh and provocative entertainment.
独特的剧情展开让常见的题材耳目一新 ﹐ 从而追求一种新鲜辛辣的乐趣.
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His speech seems to have no original ideas, furthermore it's full of hackneyed and stereotyped expressions.
他似乎没有什么独到的见解, 他的讲话充满了陈词滥调.
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The traditional, but somewhat hackneyed approach is to turn the weakenss into strength.
最传统也最老套的方法是转弱为强.
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Or maybe we will criticize it for being boring or hackneyed.
我们或许会批评它,因为它乏味,或者因为它陈腐.
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The hackneyed phrase came unintended to his lips.
他顺口说了这句老掉牙的套话。
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Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.
权力导致腐败，绝对权力导致绝对腐败。这虽是老生常谈，但却是真理。
柯林斯例句