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banality
noun[ C or U ]
formaluk /bəˈnɑː.lə.ti/ us /bəˈnɑː.lə.t̬i/
the quality of being boring, ordinary, and not original, or something that is like this: 平庸;平淡乏味;陈词滥调
What's on show in this programme is the sheer banality of ordinary lives. 这个节目展示的是平凡生活纯粹的平庸一面。
Their conversation was a string of pauses, false starts, and banalities. 他们的谈话是一连串的停顿、口误，还有陈词滥调。
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banal
Comedy often takes sarcastic jabs at life's banalities.
Sometimes the sheer banality of modern popular culture seems utterly awesome.
Behind the banality of his comments lies a business which is losing ground.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Boredom, tedium and boring things
blandness
boredom
cabin fever
commonplace
crashing bore
flatness
frustration
insipidness
jejune
longueur
screed
snooze
snoozefest
sterility
stodginess
stuffiness
the same old thingidiom
torpor
turgid
yawningly
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