banality

英 [bəˈnæləti]

美 [bəˈnæləti]

n.  平庸; 平淡乏味; 陈腐的事物; 陈词滥调

复数：banalities　

BNC.20540 / COCA.20303

牛津词典

noun

• 平庸；平淡乏味；陈腐的事物；陈词滥调
  the quality of being banal ; things, remarks, etc. that are banal
  1. the banality of modern city life
     现代城市生活的单调乏味
  2. They exchanged banalities for a couple of minutes.
     他们彼此客套了几分钟。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 平庸的；平淡无奇的
  If you describe something asbanal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
  1. The text is banal...
     课文索然无味。
  2. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
     隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
  3. You can refer to banal things asthe banal.
     平庸的事物；平淡无奇的东西
  4. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
     从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。

英英释义

noun

• a trite or obvious remark
  Synonym:platitudeclichecommonplacebromide

双语例句

• While revealing openly and comprehensively art concepts, we refuse banality, repudiate mediocrity and affectation, and try to introduce you the real'Young'artists.
  我们着力挖掘那些开放与包容的艺术理念，拒绝随波逐流，拒绝平庸与造作，将真正“年轻”的艺术家推荐给你。
• Lu the banality of life during wartime: a soldier wakes up in the morning to see compatriots shooting prisoners, then rejoices in the afternoon when he drinks a bowl of red bean soup.
  这些文字告诉陆川战争时的生活琐事：一个士兵早上醒来看见他的同胞射杀战俘，而在下午为喝了一碗红豆汤而欣喜不已。
• The connection between the banality of evil and the evil of banality is the danger of a surrender of our human powers of discrimination.
  平庸之恶与恶之平庸之间的联系正是人类放弃判断能力的危险。
• Its superficiality and banality could be interpreted as a critique of shopping.
  它的肤浅和平庸可能被解释为一个购物的批判。
• Some of the movie versions used the new technology to create new realities, while others abused it to the point of banality.
  系列电影中有几部利用这种新技术来创建新现实，而有的则将这种该技术滥用到毫无新意的地步。
• He couldn't believe the banality of the question.
  他无法相信那问题竟如此陈腐。
• Not only does political evil destroy the external world, but also it destroys the human interior world. The phenomenon of banality of evil in Eichmann is a good example.
  政治恶不仅是对人类外部世界的破坏，而且也是对人的精神世界的破坏，艾希曼身上的恶的平庸性便是一个明证。
• Then, the paper discusses the transformation of Arendt 'sthoughts on evil, which changes from "the radical evil" to "the banality of evil" aswell as the relationship between them.
  接着，论文讨论了阿伦特关于恶的思想变化的转折，即从根本的恶到平庸的恶的转变及两者关系。
• In a speech he asked Iranian men and women to abstain from sex after watching satellite TV so that the embryo would not be polluted by the banality.
  在一次演讲中，他呼吁伊朗的男女在看完卫星电视之后不要发生关系，这样就可以使胎儿免于腐朽事物的污染。
• One of the central locations in White Noise, the supermarket represents both the banality and the resonance of capitalist consumerism.
  一个中心地点在白噪声，超市代表的平庸和共振资本主义消费。