He may be conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary cliches about respect for elders--as if mere age were a reason for respect.

脑子里就想到这年轻人也许狂妄自负，举止无理，傲慢放肆，愚昧无知，会用应当尊重长者这一套陈词来为自己辨护，似乎年长就是受人尊敬的理由。

Being too diplomatic is safer, unless it devolves into insincere platitudes.

说话过于圆滑更安全，除非说的话成了真诚的陈词。

I've ever really been running from is the banal.

唯一让断逃避的是那陈词。

But even cliches sometimes hit the nerd on the head.

是甚至陈词有时候也会无端说中。

It is a truism to say that some bodies count more than other bodies, but I'd like to flesh out this statement, pun intended.

如果说有人比其他人重要，那是陈词。是要充实这个说法，这个说法有双关的意思。

But you can't know what the future will be-it may or may not be better " later." Omniscient platitudes aren't helpful.

是你知道未来会是什么样子-它可能会变得更好，也可能会。全知式的陈词没什么帮助。

Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception.

尽管们说了许多陈词，自欺仍然是最难的欺骗。

As cliche as it sounds, we all know that people who read succeed.

尽管听起来有陈词，道理们都清楚，书中自有黄金屋。

Well, let's skip the racial and social Darwinists stereotypes, but resources and leadership are interesting.

们跳过种族和社会达尔文主义者的陈腔，说说有趣的资源和领导力吧。

In the times I've not wanted to stay, I have been showered with familiar platitudes.

在想留下来的时候，被熟悉的陈词淹没了。

Look, as a writer, all my training has taught me to be allergic to cliches.

听着，作为一个作家，所有的训练都教会反对陈词。

It's a cliche that the prosecutor is counting on you to believe.

这是公诉人希望你们相信的陈词。

Teenage runaways are not news. They are cliches.

青少年离家出走是新闻 是陈腔。

" As I see it, it is going to be more platitudes, more instruments being created, more committees being set up, but nothing really there on the ground, in terms of both countries being satisfied with something substantive and hefty."

“在看来更像是陈词，过是出炉更多法律文件，建立更多的委员会，没有任何实质性的内容，两国都无法得到实质性的巨大的满足。”

Is that all you have? Shopworn tidbits like " talk to her" and " let it go" ? Gee, Penny, life's giving me lemons. What should I do?

你就这点招吗？" 跟她谈" 和" 算了吧" ，这种陈腔的方法招数？佩妮，生活给了又酸又苦的柠檬。该怎么办？

It also offers you a constantly growing knowledge of what has been done and what hasn't, what is trite and what is fresh, what works and what just lies there dying (or dead) on the page.

前人都做过什么，还有什么没做，哪是陈腔，什么才令人耳目—新，怎么写算是言之有物，或者死气沉沉。

That everyone's too busy these days is a cliche.

如今人人都抱怨自己很忙，这已经是人们口中的陈词了。

One cliche that you shouldn't say is I'm a perfectionist.

一个你应该说的陈词是是一个完美主义者。

We also mentioned cliche-a well-known phrase that is so over-used, it has become boring.

们还提到了陈词——一个众所周知并且被过度使用以至变得很无聊的短语。

Margaret's third novel didn't do anything new and it just felt creatively bankrupt.

玛格丽特的第三部小说没有任何新意，只是感觉陈词。