well-worn

英 [ˌwel ˈwɔːn]

美 [ˌwel ˈwɔːrn]

adj.  用旧了的；老生常谈的；平凡的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （话语、主意等）使用过多的,陈腐的,无新意的
  Awell-wornexpression, remark, or idea has been used so often that it no longer seems to have much meaning or to be interesting.
  1. To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.
     说得老套一点，其内容翔实。
  2. ...well-worn party dogma and ideology.
     迂腐不堪的政党教条和意识形态
• ADJ-GRADED （物品）使用很久的;（衣物）穿旧了的
  Awell-wornobject or piece of clothing has been worn or used so frequently that it looks rather old and untidy.
  1. ...well-worn brown shoes.
     穿旧了的棕色鞋子

英英释义

adj

• repeated too often
  1. bromidic sermons
  2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  3. hackneyed phrases
  4. a stock answer
  5. repeating threadbare jokes
  6. parroting some timeworn axiom
  7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
  Synonym:banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtrite
• showing signs of much wear or use

双语例句

• He began to search in the right-hand pocket of his well-worn and baggy linen suit.
  他开始在那件磨得很旧的，肥大的衣服上的右边口袋里东摸西摸。
• Where other governments try to keep global public opinion on their side by arguing their case publicly and through background briefings and targeted leaks to the media, Beijing rarely offers more than a set of well-worn generalities.
  在其他国家政府通过公开辩护、背景吹风会和针对性地向媒体透露消息，努力让全球舆论站在自己这边的问题上，北京方面除了千篇一律的套话以外很少有其他举措。
• China Little T ( r) ips is a series of guides for those who want to get off the well-worn tourist path in China, but don't have the inside knowledge or the language skills to do so.
  中国小贴士（ChinaLittleT（r）ips）是一套系列导游书，适合那些既想避开游客泛滥的景点，但又对中国的内情和语言了解不多的游客。
• Well-worn horror tropes also have provided a laundry list of gimmicks filmmakers need to work around& or use to misdirect audiences anew.
  已经被用滥的恐怖手法也提供了一长串电影导演需绕开或者用来重新误导观众的招数。
• As we researched ecosystems ( gatherings of business participants engaged in some form of collaboration), we found that the well-worn term perfectly characterized the nuances of MSDOS and other webs.
  我们再来研究一下生态系统，也就是即商业参与者通过某种形式的合作组成的集群，我们发现这个了无新意的词汇完美地凸显了MSDOS和其他网络的微妙之处。
• Most countries have well-worn laws against touting on street corners, against the more brazen type of brothel and against pimping.
  大多数国家仍然使用著陈旧的法律，它们禁止在街角挑逗，禁止较为无耻的妓院和拉皮条。
• One well-worn assertion is that cybercrime revenues exceed those from the global trade in illegal drugs.
  有句陈词滥调说网络犯罪的收益甚至超过了全球的非法毒品走私。
• The coaches were the first to speak, after all, and dutifully avoided handing their opponents motivational nuggets by relying on well-worn phrases about "respect" and "not underestimating anyone".
  主教练们发言后都不约而同的回避直接谈论他们对手的优势，并用了一些老生常谈的话语比如“尊敬”，“不会低估任何人”。
• In other words, they stuff experiences into well-worn patterns.
  换言之，大脑会把经验转化为固定模式。
• These well-worn theories are among seven medical myths exposed in a paper published in the British Medical Journal.
  这些老生常谈在《英国医学杂志》的一篇论文中被列入七项医学误区。