well-worn

英 [ˌwel ˈwɔːn]

美 [ˌwel ˈwɔːrn]

adj.  用旧了的；老生常谈的；平凡的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （话语、主意等）使用过多的,陈腐的,无新意的
  Awell-wornexpression, remark, or idea has been used so often that it no longer seems to have much meaning or to be interesting.
  1. To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.
     说得老套一点，其内容翔实。
  2. ...well-worn party dogma and ideology.
     迂腐不堪的政党教条和意识形态
• ADJ-GRADED （物品）使用很久的;（衣物）穿旧了的
  Awell-wornobject or piece of clothing has been worn or used so frequently that it looks rather old and untidy.
  1. ...well-worn brown shoes.
     穿旧了的棕色鞋子

英英释义

adj

• repeated too often
  1. bromidic sermons
  2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  3. hackneyed phrases
  4. a stock answer
  5. repeating threadbare jokes
  6. parroting some timeworn axiom
  7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
  Synonym:banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtrite
• showing signs of much wear or use

双语例句

• The coaches were the first to speak, after all, and dutifully avoided handing their opponents motivational nuggets by relying on well-worn phrases about "respect" and "not underestimating anyone".
  主教练们发言后都不约而同的回避直接谈论他们对手的优势，并用了一些老生常谈的话语比如“尊敬”，“不会低估任何人”。
• The whole interior seems to be made up of dark, well-worn wood.
  餐馆内部整个装饰似乎都由黑色、老化严重的木材组成。
• Where other governments try to keep global public opinion on their side by arguing their case publicly and through background briefings and targeted leaks to the media, Beijing rarely offers more than a set of well-worn generalities.
  在其他国家政府通过公开辩护、背景吹风会和针对性地向媒体透露消息，努力让全球舆论站在自己这边的问题上，北京方面除了千篇一律的套话以外很少有其他举措。
• That well-worn homeowner tradition may soon come to an end.
  在千家万户中不时发生的这一幕，可能很快就会终结。
• True to this relaxed ethos, today he wears frayed, well-worn jeans, brown shoes ( that to my eyes look like clogs), a white-and-green-striped shirt, and grey stubble.
  今天，他穿着一条磨破的旧牛仔裤，脚踏一双（在我看来像是木屐的）棕色鞋，上身是一件绿白条纹的衬衫，留着一头灰色的短发，一派轻松气质。
• In other words, they stuff experiences into well-worn patterns.
  换言之，大脑会把经验转化为固定模式。
• But on Wednesday, he coupled those well-worn arguments with a national security-themed call to action to Coast Guard graduates just minutes before they received their commissions.
  但在周三，除了这些老生常谈的观点之外，他还以国家安全为由，在海岸警卫队学院的毕业生收到任职令之前几分钟呼吁他们采取行动。
• But this flavor can often be soured by that well-worn poisoner of relationships everywhere: Money.
  不过，在一个东西面前，这种味道就变质了，虽然这个东西平凡得不能再平凡，却是所有感情的毒药，那就是：钱。
• He began to search in the right-hand pocket of his well-worn and baggy linen suit.
  他开始在那件磨得很旧的，肥大的衣服上的右边口袋里东摸西摸。
• These well-worn theories are among seven medical myths exposed in a paper published in the British Medical Journal.
  这些老生常谈在《英国医学杂志》的一篇论文中被列入七项医学误区。