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要什么，为权贵们表演那种陈腐老旧的哑剧。

Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.

不知什么东西在使他从陈腐的学里摄取精神食粮，仿佛他那壮硕体格的唯我主义已经不再能滋养他那颗唯我独尊的心了。

And you must be ready to abandon tired orthodoxies of the left and right and forage for good ideas across the political spectrum.

你必须要做好准备，把陈腐的左派和右派的正统观念抛在一边，到各个政治派别中去搜寻有益的观点。

Among other things, the consultancy identified the importance of " renewal" , the habit of keeping staleness at bay by taking risks, by learning from others and by innovating.

在得到的结果中，这家咨询公司指出了“焕新”的重要性，通过冒险、向他学习和创新以把陈腐拒之门外。

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

插叙就需要闪回过去。而这种闪回让我感到枯燥又有些陈腐。

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”。

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

虽然听起来有些陈腐，但美国确实一个移民国家。

He demolished the stock characters who had filled it, eradicated the penny-dreadful plots, extirpated the Sunday supplement science.

他摒弃了充斥其中的陈腐角色，根除了廉价恐怖故事的情节，剔除了周日增刊式的科学内容。

You never want like scenes around intimacy to feel stale.

你绝对不想让亲密场景变得陈腐。

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。

More serious possibilities include the dreary, hackneyed Warriors; the Redtails, honouring the black Tuskegee Airmen, who fought in the second world war; and the Red Wolves, which like the Redtails would let the team keep its burgundy- and-gold colours.

还可能有一些更严肃的名字，包括枯燥陈腐的战士；红尾蛇，纪念二战中的黑獠牙飞行员；还有红狼，这个名字和红尾蛇一样，可以让球队保有其深红色和金色。

The room was dead. The smell of flowers had made it alive, but the smell of flowers was gone. In its place was the smell of the house.

房间死气沉沉。曾为它注入生机的香气已经消失，代之而来的发霉陈腐的臭气。

Even some of his supporters worried that, as he whined about the 2020 election and his brace of impeachments, he came across as obsessively pursuing stale personal grievances rather than championing Americans' concerns.

就连他的一些支持者也担心，当他抱怨2020年的选举和一连串弹劾时，他给的印象，痴迷于追求陈腐的个不满，而不维护美国关心的事。

A : Yeah, yeah, I know, it's totally cliche, but really, I think it's been a good decision. I've got a lot of support and good suggestions from the guys. What about you? What have you been up to?

的，的，我知道，这完全陈腐思想。但，我真得觉得这一个好决定。那儿的兄弟们给了我很多很好的建议。你怎么样了? 你后来做了什么?

He was successfully supplanted for a while, at the beginning of the present century, by Buonaparte; but as process of time rendered the latter personage stale and ineffective the older phrase resumed its early prominence.

十九世纪初，他一度让拿破仑的名字给取代了。但，随着时间的推移，后者变得陈腐失效，从前那句老话又恢复了它原来的重要地位。

It was strange that his critical sense, so accurate and unconventional when he dealt with the work of others, should be satisfied in himself with what was hackneyed and vulgar beyond belief.

在评论别的绘画时他的眼光那样准确，不落俗套，但对他自己的那些平凡陈腐、俗不可耐的画却那样自鸣得意，真一桩怪事。

Witness any number of viral internet phenomena — from Woman Laughing Alone with Salad to acai bowls and this generation's staple, avocado toast — that have helped free it from its musty old associations.

你可以在互联网上看到各种各样的网红内容——从 “独自笑着吃沙拉的女” 到巴西莓果碗（acai bowl），再到这一代的主食，牛油果吐司——这些都有助于让纯素食主义摆脱那些陈腐过时的联想。

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，我简直抓不住一点儿概念。

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

即便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。

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

事实上，它甚至展现了我们如何对这种陈腐而媚俗的信息“不”的。