trite

FREQ #33070

a. 老一套的, 陈腐的, 用坏的

发音

UK /tɹaɪt/
其它
CA /tɹaɪt/
US /tɹaɪt/
CA /tɹʌɪt/
US /tɹʌɪt/
AU /tɹɑet/
NZ /tɹaɪt/
NZ /tɹɑe̯t/

词形变化

trites 复数 triter 比较级 triter tritest tritest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

  2. 1.

    In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the paranete and higher than the paramese.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.

    陈腐

    平凡

  2. 2.

    So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

    法律

    It is trite to say that the mere fact that a decision does not favour the applicant or that the applicant disagrees with the decision does not establish that the decision is tainted with bias.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

tired stock banal commonplace hackneyed old hat shopworn threadbare timeworn well-worn

近义相关 1

unoriginal

相关短语

trite law trite laws

词源

Unadapted borrowing from Latin tritē, from Ancient Greek τρίτη (trítē, literally “third [string]”).

来源：wiktionary