陈词滥调

Nabis, prince of the Spartans, withstood a siege by all Greece and by one of Rome s most victorious armies, and defended his fatherland and his state against them: and when danger supervened it was enough for him to secure himself against a few, which would not have been enough if he had had a hostile people.

有 人说：&民众犹如一盘散沙，不可以依赖。千万不要用这样的陈词滥调和我的观点唱对台戏。&一个平民百姓如果寄希望于民众，以为在受到敌人或官吏的欺压时，民众会解救他，在这种情况下，以上的论调倒讲的是实情。

Another boring form of conversation is that of the man who, when talking politics, trots out all the old threadbare arguments with the air of a person using them for the first time.

另外一种讨人厌烦的谈话方式是这样一种人的谈话方式。这种人一谈起政治来，就把所有陈词滥调的议论全都抖搂出来，那神气活像他是第一次使用它们。

It trots out this formula so often when foreigners criticise its own behaviour that, even if it supports change, it is hard for it to utter more than platitudes, as it has this month, about the desirability of a "democracy process that is appropriate for the country".

当外界批评中国的行为时，它总是频繁地适用这个公式，即使它支持改变，也很难期望它改变那一套的陈词滥调，就像本月谈到到愿望时所说的那样&民主进程对这个国家来讲是适宜的&。

It has become a cliché to state that our world is becoming increasingly homogenised.

声称我们的世界正越来越趋同，这种说法已成了陈词滥调。

As a small business owner, you know that cliché or not, these adages are often true.

作为一个小企业主，你知不知道陈词滥调与否，这些修心往往是正确的。

Then,three months ago,turns into a parade of happy banalities.

然后 三个月前变成了快乐的陈词滥调大游行

Mr Knee and colleagues demolish the business arguments derived from these banalities.

乔纳森尼和他的同事推翻了由这种陈词滥调炎生出来的商业论断。

When asked what it meant by pollsters, most struggled, then fell back on such banalities as "the stiff upper lip" and "drinking tea".

当民意测验专家们被问及该定义时，通常也是很犹豫，最后只好打出一些陈词滥调如&僵硬的上嘴唇&和&喝茶&等。

The cliché that eastern Europe is crammed with highly educated boffins and poetry-spouting intellectuals has long been disproved.

以前一度传说，东欧遍地都是学富五车的天才和出口成章的学者，而现在这种陈词滥调早就不足为信。

It's one of the most well-known medical bromides around: starve a cold, feed a fever.

这是医学界最有名的一个陈词滥调：饥饿治感冒，饱食医发烧。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。