Word · Frequency #20540
Fully loadedbanality
平庸;陈腐;平庸的事物
核心释义
the quality or an instance of being banal
- 1.
平庸;陈腐
The quality of being banal.
- 2.
陈词滥调
a trite or obvious remark
- 3.
平庸之物;陈词滥调
Something which is banal.
陈词滥调;老生常谈;平庸;陈腐;陈词滥调;平庸之物;陈词滥调;平凡
用法In use
The critic dismissed the film for its sheer banality.
用法提示:banality 作不可数名词,表示影片内容的平庸乏味。
She was tired of the banalities of small talk at parties.
用法提示:banalities 为复数形式,指多个陈腐的言论。
His speech was full of banality and offered no new insights.
用法提示:banality 作不可数名词,强调演讲内容的平庸无新意。
the banality of [noun phrase]
表示‘...的平庸’,多指抽象品质。
The banality of modern life often goes unnoticed.
现代生活的平庸常常被忽视。
a banality
指具体的陈腐言论,可数名词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- sheer banality
- 彻底的平庸;十足的陈腐
- The sheer banality of the dialogue made the film impossible to sit through.对话极其平庸,让人无法坐着看完这部电影。
- banality of evil
- 平庸之恶(指邪恶因缺乏思考而显得寻常)
- Arendt's phrase "the banality of evil" remains deeply influential.阿伦特的“平庸之恶”一说至今影响深远。
- mind-numbing banality
- 令人麻木的陈腐;使人昏昏欲睡的平庸
- The mind-numbing banality of the lecture put half the students to sleep.讲座令人昏昏欲睡的平庸内容让一半学生都睡着了。
- banalities of everyday life
- 日常生活中的平庸琐事
- He tried to capture the banalities of everyday life in his photographs.他试图在照片中捕捉日常生活的平庸琐碎。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想:banal(平凡的、平庸的)加名词后缀 -ity,banality 就是‘平庸陈腐’、老生常谈。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:文学/文化评论、哲学/社会评论、正式演讲或写作 这个名词多用于书面语和正式评论中,如文学批评、哲学讨论或演讲;日常口语里较少单独使用,若要表达“陈词滥调”,更常说 cliché。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常用单数,但也可用复数形式 banalities 表示多个陈腐之言。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These -nality words rhyme with banality in the pronunciation shown here, sharing the stressed pattern /ˈnælɪti/; in relaxed American speech the final vowel often reduces to /ə/. Be careful with spelling lookalikes that sound different, such as banal /bəˈnɑːl/ and banana /bəˈnɑːnə/.
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