A musical or dramatic work that has been performed so often that it has become hackneyed .

(戏曲中的)老调陈词乐曲或戏剧中被频繁表演以至于变得陈腐的作品

Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition;hackneyed .

陈腐的，老一套的因久用或重复而失去引起兴趣的力量的，老生常谈的

Hackneyed or trite;dull.

陈腐的陈腐的或者平凡的;乏味的

Repeated too often;trite or hackneyed .

陈腐的重复太多的;陈词或滥调的

If the theme were hackneyed , I should be obliged to deal gently with the reader

假如这是个老生常谈的题目，我只消向读者轻描淡写一番就行了。

An utterance of conventional notions or beliefs;a hackneyed expression.

客套话常用信条的陈述或信仰的自白;陈腐的语句

a hackneyed statesman

老练的政治家.

Music,verse,drama,etc that is banal,sentimental or hackneyed

平庸、感伤或陈腐的音乐、诗歌、戏剧等

a soap opera with a hackneyed plot

情节老掉牙的肥皂剧

Properly used, and not hackneyed , the words are good and appropriate

如果用得得当，而不是滥用的话，这几个字倒是恰当的好字眼。

To make banal or hackneyed with indiscriminate use.

使…变陈腐因不加区别的使用而使之变得平庸，陈腐

That expression of "violently in love" is so hackneyed , so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea

所谓“爱得火热”，这种话未免太陈腐，太笼统，太不切合实际，我简直抓不住一点儿概念。

In particular he criticizes political leaders for being sucked into using meaningless phrases and hackneyed mantras to disguise policies or protect themselves from accountability.

他还特别批评了政府领导人们热衷于使用无意义词语和陈腐高调来伪饰政策或推脱责任的行为。

He sometimes slips into rather dreadful puns and hackneyed language.

他有时会失口说出很刺耳的双关语和极陈腐的话来。

Too often used or too well known to be effective;hackneyed

因经常使用或尽人皆知而无效力的;陈腐的

Besides, this story offers readers something new, unlike those hackneyed and stale hodge-podges of sudden partings and encounters which teem with talented scholars and lovely girls

再者,亦令世人换新眼目,不比那些胡牵乱扯,忽离忽遇,满纸才人淑女

This article is rather hackneyed .

这篇文章写得太呆板了。

I might by long research have discovered some third term a little less hackneyed than these two, when fate, or some fostering star, sent me a tawny silky, long-haired cat

正当我可能通过长期研究发现不象灵魂、人心二词那么陈腐的第三个术语时，忽然，命运或福星给我送来一只毛光如丝的茶色长毛猫。

||1:Its new name remains unclear, but the jokes all but wrote themselves: the Washington Pundits, Kickbacks, Internal Polls (which would, of course, always show them ahead).||2:More serious possibilities include the dreary, hackneyed Warriors; the Redtails, honouring the black Tuskegee Airmen, who fought in the second world war; and the Red Wolves, which like the Redtails would let the team keep its burgundy- and-gold colours.||3:MrSnyder reportedly has chosen a name currently bogged down in a trademark fight— and indeed, an enterprising actuary from the Washington suburbs has registered trademarks for around a dozen possible team names.

||1:红人队的新名字尚不明确，但是有些名字与他们自身的笑柄相关：华盛顿权威人士、回扣、内部民调（当然，这样的名字始终显示在前面）。||2:还可能有一些更严肃的名字，包括枯燥陈腐的战士；红尾蛇，纪念二战中的黑獠牙飞行员；还有红狼，这个名字和红尾蛇一样，可以让球队保有其深红色和金色。||3:据报道，斯奈德选择了一个目前陷入商标战的名字，事实上，华盛顿郊区一位E型的精算师已经为大约12个可能的球队名称注册了商标。

The circular structure is a hackneyed structure, and it is especially universal on the Moon.

环形构造是一种常见的地质现象，特别是在月球上分布更为普遍。

The notion of making China a "responsible stakeholder" in world affairs has a hackneyed ring. But it is still the best option available.

让中国变成国际事务中一个“负责任的利益相关者”，这一看法有陈词滥调之嫌，但这仍是目前的最佳选择。

A bit hackneyed , perhaps, but a pretty fair description of the state of affairs.

也许有点陈腐吧，但确实是对中美现状相当中肯的描述。