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

• 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。
• Whether it is lasting or not, there is beauty and banality, then what the wonderful things really is?
  不管是短暂的还是长久的，都有美丽与平凡，那么美好的东西到底是什么呢？
• The danger of banality is an insidious one.
  平庸的危险是隐性的。
• 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。
• John Lechte, an Australian professor of social theory, characterises foreignness as "an escape from the boredom and banality of the everyday".
  约翰·勒奇特是一位来自澳大利亚的社会学教授。他将客居的特点描述为“一种逃离平凡无聊日常生活的状态”。
• 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。
• But the banality of your own life is very real to you.
  但是平凡的生活对你言却是很真实。
• If finding banality was surprising for Arendt, it is now what we expect and what everywhere surrounds us.
  如果发现平庸让阿伦特感到错愕，这倒是如今的我们所期待的，或者说它正无处不在地包围着我们。
• The banality of this is quite arresting.
  这种陈词滥调很引人注目。
• He couldn't believe the banality of the question.
  他无法相信那问题竟如此陈腐。