1. 平庸的;平淡無(wú)奇的 If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
e.g. The text is banal... 課文索然無(wú)味。 e.g. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers. 隱藏的喇叭里幽幽地傳出平淡乏味的音樂(lè )。
banality ...the banality of life... 生活的平淡無(wú)趣 Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me. 每次我都很驚訝,尼爾怎么能講出這么索然無(wú)味的東西。
banal英英釋義
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'