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ba·nal 英bəˈnæl, ˈbeɪnəl, bəˈnɑːl美bəˈnæl, ˈbenəl, bəˈnɑlAHDbə-nălʹ, bāʹnəl, bə-nälʹ ★☆☆☆☆高四ＧＳ宝八ＩCOCA²⁵⁹³⁴BNC²¹²³⁴iWeb²⁴⁶³⁴Economist¹⁷⁹⁰⁵⁺¹⁰
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adj.陈腐的⁵²;平庸的⁴⁸副词banally动词banalize
平庸陈腐，堕落
Adjective:
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;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' banal的本意是“公告的”。在封建领主所颁发的公告中，常见的一种是针对水井、磨坊、烤房、桥梁等基础设施的，禁止居民自建，而是必须租用领主所提供的公用设施，并向领主支付相应的使用费。这种专营特许权是领主的主要收入之一。因此banal衍生出“属于领主的、公用的、公共的”之意，进而演变为“普遍的，司空见惯的”，最终演变为现在常用的“平庸的”、“陈腐的”之意。注意该词保留了法语发音。钱博士ban公告-al…的形容词后缀→公告的→领主宣布独家经营的→磨坊、烤房等常见基础设施的→日常生活中常见的→普通的，平凡的⇒陈腐的，平庸的
词根ban-宣布，公告来自日耳曼语。它和希腊词根pha-说、拉丁词根fa-说最终都源自原始印欧语词根*bha-2说，宣布，辅音b-f-ph相通，末尾多了一个鼻音字母n。
词源解释banal的本意是“公告的”。在封建领主所颁发的公告中，常见的一种是针对水井、磨坊、烤房、桥梁等基础设施的，禁止居民自建，而是必须租用领主所提供的公用设施，并向领主支付相应的使用费。这种专营特许权是领主的主要收入之一。因此banal衍生出“属于领主的、公用的、公共的”之意，进而演变为“普遍的，司空见惯的”，最终演变为现在常用的“平庸的”、“陈腐的”之意。注意该词保留了法语发音。GRE红宝书ban禁止, all所有－所有陈腐的都应该禁止banana容易banal
ban + all 禁止一切活动及权力，社会就会平庸陈腐，不应闭关锁国；ban禁止 + canal运河
联想：ban禁止-al…的 →应该禁止的→陈腐的ban公告-al…的形容词后缀→公告的→领主宣布独家经营的→磨坊、烤房等常见基础设施的→日常生活中常见的→普通的，平凡的⇒陈腐的，平庸的。联想记忆ban禁止+ al → 应该禁止的 ⇒陈腐的GRE难词记忆banal→canal n.运河→陈腐的大运河词根记忆ban-al…的=被禁止的=陈腐的 近义词 stock存货dull呆滞的tired疲倦的trite平庸的old-hat过时的ordinary平凡的facile易做到的timeworn陈旧的trivial不重要的boring令人厌烦的threadbare磨破的commonplace平凡的prosaic单调乏味的well-worn用旧了的predictable可预知的shopworn在商店中陈列旧了的…hackneyed指词语﹑ 言辞等陈腐…
Pbanalityn.平凡陈腐
形容词98%,名词2%
用作形容词Chris'banaladvice was no help to us in solving our problem.克里斯陈腐的劝告对于解决我们的问题完全没有帮助。
Even if you are saying somethingbanal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike.哪怕你是在说一些很平庸陈腐的东西，说得越模糊，越显得独创而有哲理。
It involves systematic yetbanaldesign, and blunt reportage.它使用系统的，然而平庸的设计和迟钝的新闻报道。adj.commonplace
同义词 bland,corny,dumb,hackneyed,mundane,stupid,trite,vapidblah,bromidic,clichéd,common,conventional,cornball,cornfed,dull as dishwater,everyday,flat,ho-hum,hokey,humdrum,insipid,noplace,nothing,nowhere,old hat,ordinary,pabulum,pedestrian,platitudinous,square,stale,stereotyped,stock,tired,tripe,unimaginative,unoriginal,watery,wishy-washy,zero
反义词 intelligent,new,original,sharp,smart,uncommonfresh
blandadjective tasteless;undistinctive
blah,boring,dull,dull as dishwater,flat,flavorless,ho-hum,humdrum,insipid,milk-and-water,monotonous,nerdy,nothing,pabulum,sapless,tame,tedious,unexciting,uninspiring,uninteresting,unstimulating,vanilla,vapid,waterish,watery,weak,white-bread,wimpy,wishy-washy,zero
bromidicadjective trite
banal,clichéd,commonplace,dull,hackneyed,overused,platitudinal,platitudinous,prosaic,shopworn,stale,stereotyped,stereotypic,stereotypical,stock,threadbare,timeworn,tired,unimaginative,unoriginal,warmed-over,well-worn,worn-out
clichédadjective trite
banal,bromidic,commonplace,overused,platitudinal,platitudinous,ready-made,stale,stereotyped,stereotypic,stereotypical,threadbare,trite,warmed-over,worn-out
commonadjective average, ordinary
accepted,banal,bourgeois,casual,characteristic,colloquial,comformable,commonplace,conventional,current,customary,daily,everyday,familiar,frequent,general,habitual,hackneyed,homely,humdrum,informal,mediocre,monotonous,natural,passable,plain,prevailing,prevalent,probable,prosaic,regular,routine,run-of-the-mill,simple,stale,standard,stereotyped,stock,trite,trivial,typical,undistinguished,universal,unvaried,usual,wearisome,workaday,worn-out
commonestadjective average, ordinary
accepted,banal,bourgeois,casual,characteristic,colloquial,comformable,commonplace,conventional,current,customary,daily,everyday,familiar,frequent,general,habitual,hackneyed,homely,humdrum,informal,mediocre,monotonous,natural,passable,plain,prevailing,prevalent,probable,prosaic,regular,routine,run-of-the-mill,simple,stale,standard,stereotyped,stock,trite,trivial,typical,undistinguished,universal,unvaried,usual,wearisome,workaday,worn-out
cornyadjective trite, clichéd
banal,commonplace,dull,feeble,hackneyed,kitschy,mawkish,melodramatic,old hat,old-fashioned,sentimental,shopworn,stale,stereotyped,tired But something unexpected occurred. Once people started imagining the future, even the most banal life events seemed to take a dramatic turn for the better.
没想到的事发生了：一旦人们开始想像未来，甚至最平凡的生活事件都似乎向好的方向发生戏剧性的改变。 yeeyan
Entitled William Eggleston's Guide, it was the first show of colour photography at Moma, a decision that incensed the critics almost as much as the supposedly banal and vulgar subject matter.
这次名为“威廉·埃格斯顿指南”的展览，是纽约现代艺术博物馆的第一场彩色摄影展。展示彩色作品，激怒批评家的程度，几乎不下于这些作品所谓平庸和粗俗的题材。 yeeyan
The discovery that laughter is more often produced at banal comments than jokes prompts the question, why did it evolve?
我们发现，平庸的评论比笑话所提出的问题更容易使人大笑，可是这种习性是怎样发展和形成的呢？ yeeyan
But instead of using the time to master Swedish or calculus, we often choose to devote it to the utterly banal.
但与其花时间学瑞典语或者微积分，我们经常还是选择把时间用在老一套的事情上。 yeeyan
Chris' banal advice was no help to us in solving our problem.
克里斯陈腐的劝告对于解决我们的问题完全没有帮助。 hxen
Enormous SUVs and tank-like vehicles like the Hummer compete for showroom space with banal, small sedans.
庞大的 SUV和像悍马那样坦克般的汽车和呆板的小轿车争夺陈列空间。 yeeyan
He is lazy; he is thoughtless; his taste in restraints is banal and his housekeeping habits a horror.
他懒惰、盲目、他在餐厅里的口味平庸、他做家务的习惯叫人恐怖。 yeeyan
His poems were either crystalline and profound, or slight and banal.
有的人认为他的诗通透深刻，有的则认为他傲慢平庸。 ecocn
It suggests that war might lead us to see as banal the very horrifying act of killing other humans.
这表明战争可能会带我们去看犹如真去杀死其他人类的那种恐怖行动。 yeeyan
Its psychological insight is banal.
它对心理层面的表述陈腐平庸。 yeeyan
Looked at today, this list seems almost banal.
现在看来，这些特质似乎已经过时了。 ecocn
Naturally, there is some very banal motivation at play, which is that nobody ever won votes campaigning for laxity on drugs.
自然这是一种很陈旧的动机在起作用，没有任何人在毒品的选票运动中是赢家。 yeeyan
Perfectly banal, perhaps.
完美的平庸，或许是吧。 yeeyan
Those familiar only with the banal20th- century examples made for the tourist trade are in for a happy surprise.
那些对20世纪事件很熟悉的人来说，这些玩意仅仅是旅行者商贸上的快乐惊喜。 yeeyan
Today, it's hard to believe liberation or aesthetic renewal can lie in something so banal.
今天，很难相信平庸事物中的性解放或美学复兴。 yeeyan |