"hackneyed" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 陳腐的
• 老套的

Definition

用得太多而變得無趣或沒有新意；過度使用且缺乏創意的。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式或半正式場合，常用於評論故事、語句或表達陳舊無新意時。僅用於語言、想法或風格，不用於具體物品。

Examples

The movie's plot was very hackneyed.

這部電影的情節非常**陳腐**。

That saying is hackneyed and boring.

那句話已經很**老套**了，沒意思。

People are tired of hackneyed excuses.

人們已經厭倦了**陳腔濫調的**藉口。

His speech was full of hackneyed phrases everyone has heard before.

他的演講充滿了大家早已聽過的**陳腐句子**。

Avoid hackneyed storylines if you want your book to stand out.

如果你想讓你的書脫穎而出，就要避免**老套**的情節。

Her jokes sound a bit hackneyed, like something from an old sitcom.

她的笑話聽起來有點**老套**，像老影集裡的那種。