Word · Frequency #15021
banal
平庸乏味的；陈腐的；老生常谈的
Boring and ordinary; lacking any new, fresh, or interesting quality.
- 1.
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
平庸乏味的,可预测的；毫无新意或新鲜感。
- 2.
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
陈腐的；老生常谈的
平庸乏味的,可预测的；毫无新意或新鲜感。；陈腐的；老生常谈的；平凡的；陈腐的
In use
The movie's plot was so banal that I fell asleep halfway through.
She grew tired of his banal compliments about her appearance.
Many critics dismissed the novel as a banal rehash of old ideas.
be banal
The plot of the movie is banal.
这部电影的情节很平庸。
find something banal
I find his constant jokes banal.
我觉得他不停讲的笑话很陈腐。
banal + noun
He made a banal comment about the weather.
Connections
Collocations
- banal conversation
- 平淡乏味的谈话
- The party was full of banal conversation about the weather.派对里全是关于天气的平淡乏味的闲聊。
- banal remark
- 陈词滥调的评论
- She made a banal remark about the traffic.她对交通状况发表了一句平庸的看法。
- banal phrase
- 老生常谈的措辞
- His speech was full of banal phrases that everyone had heard before.他的演讲尽是些大家以前都听过的老生常谈。
- banal plot
- 平庸的情节
- The film was disappointing because of its banal plot.这部电影因其平庸的情节而令人失望。
- banal existence
- 平庸乏味的生活
- He dreamed of escaping his banal existence in the suburbs.他梦想逃离郊区那平庸乏味的生活。
- banal lyrics
Learner notes
Memory Tip
banal 里有 ban（禁止）：新意被“禁止”了，留下的都是陈腐老套。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：Literary criticism、Academic writing、Formal discussion banal 相对书面和正式，多用于评论、学术或演讲等场合；日常口语中更常说 boring 或 predictable。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都不与 /bəˈnɑl/ 押韵。canal 和 pal 以 /æl/ 结尾；animal、final、national、local 以不重读的 /əl/ 结尾。它们都拼作 -al，但读音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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