1.用旧了的;陈腐的(字句,观念等)
1.a trite remark is not interesting or original because it is what people usually say in that situation
1.Trite praises came flowing into the books or to be printed onto pages only made the important issues difficultly understood and dim wisdom.
已被写入书本的以及即将被写入档案文件的陈腐过时的评论，只会使重要的事情变得晦涩费解。
2.A. As many people have guessed, the word "boyfriend" seems sort of trite and schoolyard-ish in the light of how Bella feels about Edward.
答：正如很多朋友认为，比照贝拉内心对爱德华的真正感觉，“男朋友”这个词似乎有点老土和过于学生气了。
3.But if I only asked questions like this they would soon become trite and boring. More quiz show than presentation.
但如果我只问这种简单的问题，听众很快就会觉得无聊了。
4.A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed AS if it were original or significant.
陈腔滥调陈腐的或平庸的评论或陈述，尤指某人表述它时好象它是新颖的或有意义的
5.What I had said to Daniel was clumsy and trite. It was nothing. And yet, it was everything.
我对丹尼尔的表达是笨拙的和老套的。它什么都不是，然而，它也是一切。
6.I know it's trite to say it, but it's so easy to get off the path to a good plan if you don't have the goals clearly defined up front.
我知道这样说有点老套，但如果您还没有清晰地定义前方的目标，那么可以非常轻松地开辟出通往一项良好计划的道路。
7.This may seem like an awfully trite observation and, frankly, a terrible waste of the Financial Times' money.
这听上去或许毫无新意，老实讲，也像是在白白浪费英国《金融时报》的钱财。
8.Does a poet siring up trite sentiments in rhyme? he also becomes the great man of the hour.
诗人用押韵的形式把陈旧的万事俱备串连起来，一时间也成为伟人。
9.One can't instantly "snap out of it" . It "takes time" , as the trite-but-true saying goes.
正如老生常谈但又真实的谚语所说的，人不会突然间振作起来，这都是需要时间的。
10.Whatever you do, don't worry about it looking trite: if it looks cool and is factually correct, use it.
无论你做什么，不要担心它看上去陈旧：如果它看上去很酷而且事实正确，那就使用它。