utter a platitude
The politician uttered another platitude about unity.
这位政治家又讲了一个关于团结的陈词滥调。
老生常谈；陈腐的套话
陈腐；平庸；缺乏新意；平淡；单调；缺乏变化；因滥用而变得陈腐的常被引用的格言；陈词滥调；平淡无奇的陈述
a remark or saying that was once meaningful but has become unoriginal and uninteresting through overuse
因滥用而变得陈腐的常被引用的格言
An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
陈词滥调
a trite or obvious remark
平淡无奇的陈述
A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
平淡；缺乏变化、活动或偏差
Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation.
缺乏原创性；陈腐
Unoriginality; triteness.
The speaker's address was filled with one platitude after another, leaving the audience uninspired.
演讲者的讲话充满了陈词滥调，让观众毫无灵感。
用法提示：此处'platitude'作为名词，表示陈腐无新意的言论。
When asked for advice, he could only offer the platitude that 'time heals all wounds.'
当被问及建议时，他只能说出一句陈词滥调：‘时间能治愈一切。’
用法提示：'platitude'指那些老生常谈、缺乏深度的评论。
Her campaign speech was criticized for relying on platitudes rather than concrete solutions.
她的竞选演讲因充满陈词滥调而非具体解决方案而受到批评。
用法提示：名词'platitude'在这里指空洞无物的套话。
The politician uttered another platitude about unity.
这位政治家又讲了一个关于团结的陈词滥调。
He offered a platitude about the value of hard work.
他对努力工作的价值说了一句陈词滥调。
When asked a tough question, she resorted to platitudes.
当被问到棘手问题时，她只好用陈词滥调来应对。
She repeated the platitude that time heals all wounds.
她重复着‘时间治愈一切’这句陈词滥调。
与platitude可互换，但更强调过度使用
侧重平淡乏味，不一定是陈腐
虽为真理，但因过于明显而显得陈腐
强调常见、不新奇
较正式且略带贬义
grammar · medium
易错句子His argument is very platitude.
正确表达His argument is very platitudinous.
platitude是名词，不能作形容词。应使用形容词形式platitudinous。
grammar · medium
易错句子There is much platitude in his talk.
正确表达There are many platitudes in his talk.
platitude是可数名词，复数形式为platitudes，表示多个陈词滥调。
本条目取 platitude 的“陈腐；缺乏原创性”义项；originality 指新颖独特，为正面反义。
若取 platitude 的“陈词滥调”义项，witticism（机敏新颖的话语）是修辞上的对照，并非严格的一对一反义。
platitude强调言语平淡乏味，cliché强调过度使用而失去新意
platitude指具体的陈腐言论，banality指事物或行为的平庸性质
说一句陈词滥调
He uttered a platitude about teamwork before leaving.
他离开前说了一句关于团队合作的陈词滥调。
满口陈词滥调
Rather than answering, the manager spouted platitudes about customer satisfaction.
经理没有正面回答，而是满口关于客户满意的陈词滥调。
空洞的陈词滥调
Her apology sounded like an empty platitude.
她的道歉听起来像是空洞的陈词滥调。
政治套话
The debate was full of political platitudes and no real policy.
这场辩论充斥着政治套话，没有真正的政策。
老掉牙的陈词滥调
His advice was a tired platitude about following your dreams.
他的建议是关于追逐梦想的老掉牙的陈词滥调。
无前缀；词根 plat-（平，平坦）；后缀 -itude（状态，性质）
同词根 plat-（平）→ 平坦的片状物
同词根 plat-（平）＋ 名词后缀 -eau → 顶部平坦的高地
同后缀 -itude（状态，性质）
陈词滥调常出现在演讲中，用以显得有说服力，但缺乏新意。
政客常用陈词滥调来迎合听众，避免作出具体承诺。
陈词滥调是说给听众听的，往往因过度使用而显得空洞。
陈腐的建议容易沦为不痛不痒的套话。
说教中常充满缺乏实质内容的陈词滥调。
满口陈词滥调
The speaker kept spouting platitudes instead of addressing the real issues.
演讲者一直满口陈词滥调，而没有解决真正的问题。
空洞的陈词滥调
The public is tired of empty platitudes from the president.
公众已经厌倦了总统空洞的陈词滥调。
一连串陈词滥调
His reply was just a string of platitudes that answered nothing.
他的回答只是一连串陈词滥调，什么也没有解答。
陈词滥调不过是一句被重复到人们开始厌恶的真理。
This famous epigram, often attributed to Oscar Wilde, playfully defines a platitude by turning a common truth into a clever remark.
这句常被归于奥斯卡·王尔德的著名箴言，通过把平凡的真理变成巧妙的言论，俏皮地定义了什么是陈词滥调。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.