汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 老一套
老一套
the same old stuff
〈名〉陈旧的一套,多指没有改变的习俗或工作方法。也说老套子。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

她给出的借口还是老一套

She served up the usual excuse.

他们又用那老一套的借口解释这个地区缺少就业机会的问题。

They trotted out the same old excuses for the lack of jobs in the area.

我的老板是老一套的回答–“没坏的话就别修了!”

My boss had a stock response – "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

格蒂的第一桶金是从他父亲那得来的,老一套的方式。

Getty got his big start the old-fashioned way - from his father's money.

他的最新影片只不过是老一套—异国的场景、追车场面,以及最后的一场枪战。

His latest movie is just more of the same —exotic locations, car chases and a final shoot-out.

于是,格拉布上尉开始说起招兵的老一套了:“见见世面,攒点钱,为国家出点力!

Then Lieutenant Grub launched into the old recruiting routine, "See, save and serve!

老一套的态度,即员工听从指挥,而不能自做主张或独断独行,常常使得员工不能人尽其才。

The old attitude that employees follow instructions and are unable to make decisions or act on their own initiative leads to underused people.

在那时候的电影里,总是老一套:男拖拉机手和女拖拉机手始而相遇,继而相爱,终而并肩开拖拉机了

In the films of those days, all too often it was the same one: boy tractor driver meets girl tractor driver; they fall in love and drive tractors together.

因此,世界各国的领导们故伎重演,用老一套的办法转移了人们的注意力:他们到处讨论着巨额而不可靠的数字,同时又爹爹不休地唠叨着国际机构的重要性。

So the world's leaders diverted attention with an old formula: bandying around big but squishy Numbers and blathering about the importance of international institutions.