"trite, commonplace," 1840, from French banal, "belonging to a manor, common, hackneyed, commonplace," from Old French banel "communal" (13c.), from ban "decree; legal control; announcement; authorization; payment for use of a communal oven, mill, etc." (see ban (v.)). The modern sense evolved from the word's use in designating things like ovens or mills that belonged to feudal serfs, or else compulsory military service; in either case it was generalized in French through "open to everyone" to "commonplace, ordinary," to "trite, petty."
雙語例句
1. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
從平淡無奇到離奇百怪的各種說法都有。
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2. The text is banal.
課文索然無味。
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3. The lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal.
那首歌的歌詞非常老套，令人難堪。
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4. The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
歌詞平淡老套，押韻生硬蹩腳。
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5. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.