hackneyed
?? 發(fā)布時(shí)間：2026-06-29 15:03:29
英 ['h?kn?d]
美['h?kn?d]
- adj. 陳腐的；平庸的
- v. 出租（馬匹、馬車等）；役使（hackney的過去式）
TEM8GRE
中文詞源
hackneyed 陳腐的
來自hackney,老馬養(yǎng)殖場(chǎng)，引申詞義老馬，陳腐的。
英文詞源
- hackneyed (adj.)
- "trite, so overused as to have become uninteresting," 1749, figurative use of past participle adjective from hackney (v.) "use a horse for riding" (1570s), hence "make common by indiscriminate use" (1590s), from hackney (n.), and compare hack (n.2) in its specialized sense of "one who writes anything for hire." From 1769 as "kept for hire."
雙語例句
- 1. This article is rather hackneyed.
- 這篇文章寫得太呆板.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.
- 權(quán)力導(dǎo)致腐敗，絕對(duì)權(quán)力導(dǎo)致絕對(duì)腐敗。這雖是老生常談，但卻是真理。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The hackneyed phrase came unintended to his lips.
- 他順口說了這句老掉牙的套話。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Properly used, and not hackneyed, the words are good and appropriate.
- 如果用得得當(dāng), 而不是濫用的話, 這幾個(gè)字倒是恰當(dāng)?shù)暮米盅?
來自辭典例句
- 5. If the theme were hackneyed, I should be obliged to deal gently with the reader.
- 假如這是個(gè)老生常談的題目, 我只消向讀者輕描淡寫一番就行了.
來自辭典例句