banal
英 [bə'nɑːl; -'næl]
美 [bə'nɑl]
- adj. 陳腐的；平庸的；老一套的
- n. (Banal)人名；(法、意)巴納爾
中文詞源
banal 陳腐的來自詞根ban, 說話，命令，詞源同phone. 陳腐意來自舊時莊園或村舍常常通知一些家長裏短的小事。
英文詞源
- banal (adj.)
- "trite, commonplace," 1840, from French banal, "belonging to a manor, common, hackneyed, commonplace," from Old French banel "communal" (13c.), from ban "decree; legal control; announcement; authorization; payment for use of a communal oven, mill, etc." (see ban (v.)). The modern sense evolved from the word's use in designating things like ovens or mills that belonged to feudal serfs, or else compulsory military service; in either case it was generalized in French through "open to everyone" to "commonplace, ordinary," to "trite, petty."
雙語例句
- 1. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
- 從平淡無奇到離奇百怪的各種說法都有。
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- 2. The text is banal.
- 課文索然無味。
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- 3. The lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal.
- 那首歌的歌詞非常老套，令人難堪。
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- 4. The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
- 歌詞平淡老套，押韻生硬蹩腳。
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- 5. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
- 隱藏的喇叭裏幽幽地傳出平淡乏味的音樂。
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