1. 平庸的：trisyllable 三音节的字 | trite 平庸的 | tritely 平凡地

2. 陈腐的,老一套的：17. stir up 惹起,煽动,挑起 | 18. trite 陈腐的,老一套的 | MBA基础班系统班,保过班,火热报名中

3. 陈腐的(观念)：Eclectic 折衷(学派)的 | Trite 陈腐的(观念) | Delineation 描写,描画

4. 陈腐的,陈词滥调的：anchorite 隐士 | trite 陈腐的,陈词滥调的 | contrite 悔罪的,痛悔的

1. 陈腐的;老一套的
If you say that something such as an idea, remark, or story is trite, you mean that it is dull and boring because it has been said or told too many times.

e.g. The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas...
这部电影充斥着平铺直叙的陈腐观点。
e.g. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.
他曾经被教导的简单观念如今听起来陈腐而幼稚。

adj

1. repeated too often
overfamiliar through overuse

e.g. bromidic sermons
his remarks were trite and commonplace
hackneyed phrases
a stock answer
repeating threadbare jokes
parroting some timeworn axiom
the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

Synonym: banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredwell-worn