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banal 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˈbānl/,/bəˈnal/,/-ˈnäl/,
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So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring,
  1. So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
    • - songs with banal, repeated words
  1. 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'"
  2. (banality) platitude: a trite or obvious remark
  3. Predictability (also called banality) is the degree to which a correct prediction or forecast of a system's state can be made either qualitatively or quantitatively.
  4. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh
  5. (banality) The quality of being banal; Something which is banal
  6. (banally) In a banal, trite or boring manner
  7. (Banality) Mortal disbelief as it affects Changelings and their Glamour.
  8. Boringly commonplace and predictable. Trite and obvious. A ban once meant a widely proclaimed order, originating in the Indo-European bha, "speak." Marriage banns, proclaiming a couple's engagement, are still publicly posted by some Christian churches. ...
  9. Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 2 (1 battalion)