形容詞 banal:

1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
   同義詞：commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

1. A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant.
   陳腔濫調陳腐的或平庸的評論或陳述，尤指某人表述它時好象它是新穎的或有意義的

ba.nal

adj.（形容詞）
Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite.See Synonyms at trite
平庸的，陳腐的：令人沮喪的且常為可預見的平庸陳腐；平庸陳腐的參見 trite

來源：
French
法語
from Old French [shared by tenants in a feudal jurisdiction]
源自 古法語 [在封建管轄下由佃戶分享的]
from ban [summons to military service]
源自 ban [服兵役的號召令]
[of Germanic origin] * see bh3- 2
[源于日耳曼語] *參見 bh3- 2

【引伸】
banal.ize.
v.（動詞）
banal.ly
adv.（副詞）
The pronunciation ofbanal is not settled among educated speakers of American English. Sixty years ago, H.W. Fowler recommended the pronunciation BAN-al (rhyming withpanel ), but this pronunciation is now regarded as recondite by most Americans:it is preferred by only 2 percent of the Usage Panel.Other possibilities are BANE-al (rhyming withanal ), preferred by 38 percent of the Panel; ba-NAL (rhyming withcanal ), preferred by 4' percent; and ba-NAHL (the last syllable rhyming withdoll ), preferred by 4 percent (this last pronunciation is more common in British English).Some panelists admit to being so vexed by the problem that they tend to avoid the word in conversation.Speakers can perhaps take comfort in knowing that any one of the last three pronunciations will have the support of a substantial minority, and that none of them is incorrect.When several pronunciations of a word are widely used,there is really no right or wrong one.
單詞banal 的發(fā)音在受過教育的講美式英語的人中并未固定下來。 六十年前，H.W.福勒曾建議其發(fā)音為BAN-al（與panel 押韻）， 但大多數(shù)美國人認為這一發(fā)音是晦澀難懂的：它只得到.慣用法專題研究小組.中2%成員的偏愛。另外可能的發(fā)音有BANE-al（與anal 押韻），得到38小組成員的認可； ba-NAL（與canal 押韻）得到4'的認可； ba-NAHL（最后一個音節(jié)與doll 押韻），得到4的認可 （這最后一個發(fā)音在英國英語中更為常用）。一些小組成員承認，這個詞的發(fā)音令他們太傷腦筋了以至他們在說話時盡量避免使用它。當使用者得知最后三個發(fā)音中的任何一個都有較為堅實的少數(shù)票的支持，且它們中的任何一個都不是錯誤的，也許會給他們一些安慰。當一個單詞的幾種發(fā)音都被廣泛使用時，便的確無所謂對錯了