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platitude n.1.單調,平凡,陳腐。2.平凡的話,濫調,俗論。短語...

And while the newspaper dubbed mourinho “ the anti - bar ? a coach who sees in white “ and focused on the inevitable platitudes in which he agreed that “ it would be an honour to coach madrid “ and that “ madrid can still win the league , “ more telling were the remarks made about his current employers 《馬卡》報將穆里尼奧冠以“穿著白色戰袍的反巴薩教練” ,主要報道穆里尼奧也認同的“執教皇馬是種榮幸” , “皇馬本賽季仍有機會奪得聯賽冠軍”云云,其他則報道了他對老板阿布的評論。

“ i really don t object to platitudes , “ he told ruth later ; “ but what worries me into nervousness is the pompous , smugly complacent , superior certitude with which they are uttered and the time taken to do it “的確,我并不反對陳詞濫調, ”后來他告訴露絲, “可折磨得我受不了的是,他搬出那些陳詞濫調時那神氣十足志得意滿高人一等的態度,和他所占用的時間。

“ charley hapgood , that fellow who speaks always in platitudes ? “ martin groaned “查理哈撲古德,那個一說話就滿口陳詞濫調的家伙么? ”

You should avoid saying “it's for the best“ or other such moralizing platitudes . 你應避免說類似“一切到最后都會好的”或諸如此類的陳詞濫調。

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And while the newspaper dubbed mourinho “ the anti - bar ? a coach who sees in white “ and focused on the inevitable platitudes in which he agreed that “ it would be an honour to coach madrid “ and that “ madrid can still win the league , “ more telling were the remarks made about his current employers 《馬卡》報將穆里尼奧冠以“穿著白色戰袍的反巴薩教練” ,主要報道穆里尼奧也認同的“執教皇馬是種榮幸” , “皇馬本賽季仍有機會奪得聯賽冠軍”云云,其他則報道了他對老板阿布的評論。

Out - of - hours phone calls , invariably signifying bad news . the effort , after having travelled half - way across the globe , to stay awake in the meeting of some international committee when i can t even remember what its acronym stands for . and the discomfort of having microphones thrust in my face as i spout entirely predictable platitudes while under siege from the media at some public event 還有是下班后的電話,而且往往帶來的是壞消息遠赴半個地球以外某國際委員會的會議,但卻困得連人家組織的名稱全寫都想不起在公眾場合遭記者圍攻,面對硬堆到臉前的麥克風卻只能作點公式的回應。

“ i really don t object to platitudes , “ he told ruth later ; “ but what worries me into nervousness is the pompous , smugly complacent , superior certitude with which they are uttered and the time taken to do it “的確,我并不反對陳詞濫調, ”后來他告訴露絲, “可折磨得我受不了的是,他搬出那些陳詞濫調時那神氣十足志得意滿高人一等的態度,和他所占用的時間。

But in martin s estimation the whole tribe of bank cashiers fell a few hundred per cent , and for the rest of the evening he labored under the impression that bank cashiers and talkers of platitudes were synonymous phrases 但銀行經理這類人在馬丁的評價里卻是一落千丈。那天晚上剩下的時間里他一直在跟一個印象作斗爭:銀行經理跟滿d陳詞濫調的人是同義語。

Nobody manufactured their opinions for them ; they were all rebels of one variety or another , and their lips were strangers to platitudes . never had martin , at the morses , heard so amazing a range of topics discussed 他們都是某種類型的叛逆者,他們的思想不是任何人預先炮制好的,嘴里沒有陳詞濫調,討論的問題多得驚人,那是馬丁在莫爾斯家從沒見過的。

I ' m not surprised you haven ' t succeeded ? irritation such as yours is a potent , chemical thing , and no amount of whipping oneself with birch sticks or platitudes from coaches is going to help 對于你沒能成功做到這一點,我并不感到驚訝? ?你的這種惱怒是一種強有力的化學物質,再多的自我鞭策、再多教練的陳詞濫調都不會奏效。

I ' m not surprised you haven ' t succeeded - irritation such as yours is a potent , chemical thing , and no amount of whipping oneself with birch sticks or platitudes from coaches is going to help 對于你沒能成功做到這一點,我并不感到驚訝?你的這種惱怒是一種強有力的化學物質,再多的自我鞭策、再多教練的陳詞濫調都不會奏效。

As half - time approached , sky television ' s clich - ridden , platitude - spouting commentator andy gray chose to highlight the minimal impact michael ballack and andriy shevchenko were having on the game 當上半場臨近結束時,天空體育臺將將比賽畫面調暗,而比賽解說員安迪格雷正欲就巴拉克和舍甫琴科在上半時的表現做出評價。

To adapt the high and low terrain , the project has adopted cascade house layout to reduce platitude , the cascade houses , matched with the beautiful lake view , creates a rich dwelling space 為順應地形的高低錯落,項目采用跌落式住宅的布局方式,減少了單調感,配合優良湖景,創造出豐富的居住空間。

But i am saying your company will not reach anywhere near its full potential if all that is guiding it is a list of pleasant platitudes hanging on the lobby wall 但我要說,假如你們的公司除了懸掛在大廳上的中看不中用的標語之外,并沒有真正指導自己前進的目標,那就永遠不能充分發揮企業的潛力。

Work should begin with wine and generous joking . and in the place of penalties for smoking . let us have fines for platitudes and croaking 工作應該從紅酒和無傷大雅的玩笑開始。相比那些煙民,我們更應該對滿口陳詞濫調和牢騷抱怨的人征收罰款。

Many will call me an adventurer - and that i am , only one of a different sort : one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes 很多人稱我為冒險者? ?我的確是,但確是另類的一種:為了證明自己的陳詞濫調而用生命去冒險的。

The cashier was martin s black beast , and his temper was a trifle short where the talker of platitudes was concerned 那銀行家在馬丁心目中是一匹黑色的野獸,一提起那個滿口陳詞濫調的家伙他就免不了要生氣。

Maternal love is the most common and yet the greatest affection one can experience in the world . it defines sublimity with platitude 母愛是世界上最普通又最偉大的情感,它會使平凡變得崇高。

[ font = verdana ] [ size = 2 ] [ color = # 0000ff ] the speaker seems to have no original ideas ; his speech was full of platitudes 演講人似乎沒有什么獨到的見解,他的講話充滿了陳詞濫調。