banal
英 [bəˈnɑːl]
美 [bəˈnɑːl]
- adj. 陈腐的;平庸的;老一套的
- n. (Banal)人名;(法、意)巴纳尔
将“banal”与“ban”联想,想象禁止(ban)了平庸(al,类似“al”结尾的单词常表示性质或状态,如“boring”表示无聊的)的事物,因此“banal”指的是陈腐、平庸的。
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banal 陈腐的来自词根ban, 说话,命令,词源同phone. 陈腐意来自旧时庄园或村舍常常通知一些家长里短的小事。
- 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."
- 1. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
- 从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。
- 2. The text is banal.
- 课文索然无味。
- 3. The lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal.
- 那首歌的歌词非常老套,令人难堪。
- 4. The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
- 歌词平淡老套,押韵生硬蹩脚。
- 5. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
- 隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。