And he knew what he didn't want, the hoary old pantomimes of the mighty.

而且他也知道自己不想，为权贵们表演那种陈腐老旧的哑剧。

To use the hackneyed phrase, here he found himself.

用一句陈腐的话，他在这里可谓“得其所哉”。

In medias res necessitates flashbacks, which strike me as boring and sort of corny.

插叙就需闪回过去。而这种闪回总是让我感到枯燥又有些陈腐。

Cliche as it might sound, the US really is a nation of immigrants.

虽然听起来有些陈腐，但美国确实是一个移民国家。

You never want like scenes around intimacy to feel stale.

你绝对不想让亲密场景变得陈腐。

" I have come to clean away these cobwebs, " said Yeobright.

“我回来，就是为了清除这种陈腐观念的，”约布赖特。

Experts are asking how to help Japan's old and slow-moving economy grow.

专家一直在寻求帮助日本陈腐而又发展缓慢的经济取得增长的途径。

Third, don't used banal, overused quotations.

第三，不使用陈腐的、被滥用的名言。

In fact, it even shows how we tend to reject most of these platitudes and cheesy messages.

事实上，它甚至展现了我们是如何对这种陈腐而媚俗的信息“不”的。

We've heard these same stale arguments before. Every time America's made progress, it's been despite these kinds of claims.

我们以前也听过同样的陈腐论调。虽然这种法一直存在，但是每次美国都取得了进步。

Mr. Crabbe was as dead as mutton, but Mr. Crabbe continued to write moral stories in rhymed couplets.

克莱布先生已经陈腐过时了，但是克莱布先生还是孜孜不倦地继续写他的押韵对句诗。

Even the sour, old Pope Innocent X began to sweeten on Bernini, as Borromini skulked unhappily through the Vatican corridors.

即便是陈腐的英诺森十世也开始对他另眼相待了，巴洛米尼则躲在罗马教廷的廊间闷闷不乐。

But that expression of violently in love is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea.

“不过，所谓‘打得火热’这种话未免太陈腐，太笼统，太不切合实际，我直抓不住一点儿概念。

Today, free trade is promoted by stale policy wonks and rapacious executives, nothing like the broad, energetic coalition of the past.

如今，自由贸易与过去广泛而积极的联盟不同，相反是由陈腐的政策书呆子和贪婪的高管推动的。

She and Naim sit, breathing the stale air circulated by the car's AC.

她和奈姆坐在车里，呼吸着车内空调循环的陈腐空气。

There is no bigger turnoff than stale, stinky, rotten breath.

没有比陈腐、难闻、腐臭的口气更让人倒胃口的了。

But he said it's like a musty film.

但他是部陈腐得发霉的电影。

This helped him to avoid staleness and the sensual bluntness that breeds mistakes.

这帮助他避免了陈腐和滋生错误的直率感。

Like, it can feel forced and trite.

就像，它会让人感到强迫和陈腐。

Stale, meaning lacking freshness, energy, or interest.

陈腐，意指缺乏新鲜感、活力或兴趣。