newspaper (and now information technology) slang for "unit of writing that can be used over and over without change," 1893, from a literal meaning (1840) "metal rolled in large, flat plates for use in making steam boilers." The connecting notion is probably of sturdiness or reusability. From 1890s to 1950s, publicity items were cast or stamped in metal ready for the printing press and distributed to newspapers as filler. The largest supplier was Western Newspaper Union.
雙語例句
1. The provision for observation of the cease - fire was boilerplate.
遵守 停火 協(xié)定的條款是照搬過去的條文.
來自辭典例句
2. Boilerplate: Standard legal language used in legal documents.
標準法律語言: 法律文件中使用的標準法律語言.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. Therefore, in chapter seven we build a small preprocessor to create the boilerplate required.