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banality 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/bəˈnalitē/,
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banalities, plural;
  1. The fact or condition of being banal; unoriginality
    • - there is an essential banality to the story he tells
  2. Something banal, such as a remark
    • - the banalities of consumer culture
  1. platitude: a trite or obvious remark
  2. (banal) 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'"
  3. (Banal) 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. The quality of being banal; Something which is banal
  5. (banal) Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh
  6. (Banal) Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 2 (1 battalion)
  7. (banal) 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. ...
  8. (BANALITIES) Fees which a feudal lord imposed on his serfs for the use of his mill, oven, wine press, or similar facilities. It sometimes included part of a fish catch or the proceeds from a rabbit warren.
  9. Mortal disbelief as it affects Changelings and their Glamour.