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be banal
The plot of the movie is banal.
这部电影的情节很平庸。
平庸乏味的；陈腐的；老生常谈的
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平庸乏味的；陈腐的；老生常谈的
Boring and ordinary; lacking any new, fresh, or interesting quality.
The plot of the movie is banal.
这部电影的情节很平庸。
平庸乏味的,可预测的；毫无新意或新鲜感。
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
陈腐的；老生常谈的
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
The movie's plot was so banal that I fell asleep halfway through.
这部电影的情节如此陈腐，我中途就睡着了。
She grew tired of his banal compliments about her appearance.
她对他那些关于她外表的陈词滥调的恭维感到厌烦。
Many critics dismissed the novel as a banal rehash of old ideas.
许多评论家认为这部小说只是对旧观念的平庸翻版。
The plot of the movie is banal.
这部电影的情节很平庸。
I find his constant jokes banal.
我觉得他不停讲的笑话很陈腐。
He made a banal comment about the weather.
他对天气做了一个陈腐的评论。
Not this
This movie is a banal.
Use this
This movie is banal.
形容词“banal”不能直接加不定冠词作名词使用。应去掉冠词，用形容词作表语。
Not this
The banal of his speech was obvious.
Use this
The banality of his speech was obvious.
“banal”是形容词，不能用作名词表示“陈腐的东西”，应用其名词形式“banality”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
陈腐的歌词
The song's banal lyrics ruined a beautiful melody.
这首歌陈腐的歌词毁了一段优美的旋律。
Use banal naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
banal 里有 ban（禁止）：新意被“禁止”了，留下的都是陈腐老套。
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。
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。
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