well-worn
- adj.破旧的;用旧了的;老生常谈的;平凡的
well-worn
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ADJ-GRADED (话语、主意等)使用过多的,陈腐的,无新意的
A well-worn expression, remark, or idea has been used so often that it no longer seems to have much meaning or to be interesting.To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.
说得老套一点,其内容翔实。
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ADJ-GRADED (物品)使用很久的;(衣物)穿旧了的
A well-worn object or piece of clothing has been worn or used so frequently that it looks rather old and untidy....well-worn brown shoes.
穿旧了的棕色鞋子
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- 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'
- Synonym: banal commonplace hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock(a) threadbare timeworn tired trite
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- showing signs of much wear or use
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Most British visitors beat a well-worn path to the same tourist areas of the US .
大多数英国游客总沿着一条老路线参观相同的美国旅游景点。
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To use a well-worn cliche , it is packed with information .
说得老套一点,其内容翔实。
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Before you is a well-worn path of beaten earth .
在你面前是一条踩出来的陈年小道。
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Desire lines ( or " natural desire lines , " as they 're also called ) are those well-worn ribbons of dirt that you see cutting across a patch2 of grass , often with nearby sidewalks -- particularly those that offer a less direct route -- ignored .
你在草地上看到的人们踩出的一条条小路就是期望路线(也称为自然期望路线),附近的人行道常常被人们忽视,特别是那些绕路的人行道。
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That well-worn homeowner tradition may soon come to an end .
在千家万户中不时发生的这一幕,可能很快就会终结。
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In other words , they stuff experiences into well-worn patterns .
换言之,大脑会把经验转化为固定模式。
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The whole interior seems to be made up of dark , well-worn wood .
餐馆内部整个装饰似乎都由黑色、老化严重的木材组成。
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A large percentage stayed , raising their children as we were raised along well-worn paths .
大部分留下来养儿育女,就像我们依照平凡的途径被养大。
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In this part of America , he is treading a well-worn path .
在美国的这个地区,他走过了一条曲折的道路。
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These well-worn theories are among seven medical myths exposed in a paper published in the British Medical Journal .
这些老生常谈在《英国医学杂志》的一篇论文中被列入七项医学误区。
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Make Your Own Path Average likes comfortable . Average likes the well-worn path that is easy to follow .
选择你自己的道路普通人喜欢安逸,普通人喜欢那种容易遵循的旧方式。
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Make Your Own Path - Average likes comfortable . Average likes the well-worn path that is easy to follow .
选择你自己的道路——普通人喜欢安逸,普通人喜欢那种容易遵循的旧方式。
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In this , the Tennessee Senator follows a well-worn rhetorical path .
这位田纳西参议员选择了一条俗套的路线。
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That stance is based on old arguments , but they are not less potent for being well-worn .
这一立场基于一些陈旧的论据,虽然早已重复多遍,但雄辩力不减。
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These well-worn theories are among seven " medical myths " exposed in a paper published in the British Medical Journal .
这些老生常谈在《英国医学杂志》的一篇论文中被列入七项“医学误区”。
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Israeli director Ariel Vromen uses this well-worn plot to explore how malleable human identity might be .
以色列导演艾瑞欧•弗朗曼利用这种老旧的情节来探索人类认同到底有多强的可塑性。
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The post-conference communiqu é recycled well-worn language , promising that China would steadily push forward exchange rate and interest rate reform .
会后发表的公报只是重复了套话,承诺中国将稳步推动汇率和利率改革。
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The technology is well-known and well-worn , but it comes with a major downside : liquid crystals provide no light of their own .
这一技术很知名,也很成熟,但它也有一个比较大的缺点:液晶自己是不发光的,液晶背后的发光板会显著影响电池寿命。
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It is frightening to veer off the well-worn path , better known as our " comfort zone " .
抛弃旧路是可怕的,因为那是我们的舒适区。
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He began to search in the right-hand pocket of his well-worn and baggy linen suit .
他开始在那件磨得很旧的,肥大的衣服上的右边口袋里东摸西摸。
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Hutch is following a well-worn script .
和记黄埔遵循的是一条经过反复验证的规律。
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But this flavor can often be soured by that well-worn poisoner of relationships everywhere : Money .
不过,在一个东西面前,这种味道就变质了,虽然这个东西平凡得不能再平凡,却是所有感情的毒药,那就是:钱。
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I will forever more feel a touch guilty while sitting in that well-worn corner of my couch to play a video game .
说了这么多,窝在沙发上破旧一角,玩着电视游戏的我,可能永远不愿再去触碰那些游戏按键了。
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That 's a pattern that 's meant to signal power and dominance - and it 's a well-worn strategy across the * mammalian kingdom .
这是一种暗示权力及支配力的模式,而且是一种哺乳动物惯用的策略。
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To get here , park along the south feeder road , a couple of miles west of Loop 335 , and walk the well-worn path .
要到这里,沿着南直线道路,环路335以西几公里,沿着破旧的路走。
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Chile went down the well-worn route of currency intervention , sterilised through local bond issues , to try to limit peso strength .
智利走的是干预汇率的老路,通过发行本国债券进行市场冲销,以限制比索升值。
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In academia , there is a well-worn distinction between activities that have to be coordinated by an organization and activities that can take place in an open market .
学术界都知道,必须由企业协调的行为和可以在公开市场发生的行为,是存在区别的。
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For many years thereafter , the two families watched the faithful friends frolicking and chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses .
此后多年中,两家邻居不时会看到这对忠实的朋友嬉戏玩耍,在两家房子之间的小路上你追我赶。
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Here and there sat well-worn stumps and logs and the remnants of a campfire .
到处都是用旧了的树桩和圆木,还有篝火的灰烬。
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Released from prison , S á nchez followed the well-worn route of Cuban exiles to America in 2008 .
出狱后,他走了一条古巴流放人员走的老路&于2008年逃往美国。