shopworn
美 [ˈʃɑːpwɔːrn]英 [ˈʃɒpwɔːn]
- adj.在商店中陈列旧了或坏了的;旧的;陈旧的,陈腐的
shopworn
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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 stock(a) threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn
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- worn or faded from being on display in a store
- shopworn merchandise at half price
- Synonym: shopsoiled
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He was fat and looked shopworn around the nose and mouth .
他人长得胖,鼻头和嘴巴部分显出一副不合时宜的可怜相。
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Shopworn tidbits like " talk to her " and " let it go " ?
“跟她谈”和“算了吧”,这种陈腔滥调的方法招数?
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She told him that shopworn story about the time she broke her leg while skiing .
她告诉他关于滑雪时她摔断腿的那个老掉牙的故事。
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Rather shopworn , though , isn 't it ?
虽然有点老式,不是吗?
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Talking about a " new Hitler " is a shopworn rhetorical trick that should be banned .
有关“新希特勒”的说法是一种陈腐的修辞伎俩,应该被禁止。
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Even more impressive , GM accomplished such robust sales without deep discounts or shopworn gimmicks like volume sales to daily rental fleets .
更让人印象深刻的是,通用斩获如此可观的销量不是靠大幅打折或采用那些老套的花招,比如批量销售给短期租车公司之类。