banal

• adj. 陈腐的；平庸的；老一套的
• n. (Banal)人名；(法、意)巴纳尔

中文词源

来自词根ban, 说话，命令，词源同phone. 陈腐意来自旧时庄园或村舍常常通知一些家长里短的小事。

英文词源

banal (adj.)

"trite, commonplace," 1840, from French banal, "belonging to a manor, common, hackneyed, commonplace," from Old French banel "communal" (13c.), from ban "decree; legal control; announcement; authorization; payment for use of a communal oven, mill, etc." (see ban (v.)). The modern sense evolved from the word's use in designating things like ovens or mills that belonged to feudal serfs, or else compulsory military service; in either case it was generalized in French through "open to everyone" to "commonplace, ordinary," to "trite, petty."

双语例句

1. 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。

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2. The text is banal.

课文索然无味。

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3. The lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal.

那首歌的歌词非常老套，令人难堪。

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4. The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.

歌词平淡老套，押韵生硬蹩脚。

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5. 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。

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