| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
|---|---|---|
无非是老生常谈。 It's no more than a platitude. | ||
这番话无非是老生常谈。 The talk is no more than a platitude. | ||
他所说的无非是老生常谈而已。 What he has said is a mere commonplace. | ||
军备费用持续上涨的问题算是老生常谈。 The rising cost of military equipment is an old curse. | ||
他的演讲是出自老皇历的老生常谈。 His speeches are generalities from Poor Richard's Almanac. | ||
东北亚安全合作问题是一个老生常谈的话题。 The issue of Northeast Asian security cooperation is a commonplace subject. | ||
故事已经是老生常谈了，你不知道为什么作者还津津乐道？ The story has also been told already and often, and you have to wonder what drew the author to it. | ||
而唯一留存的就是那个老生常谈的问题，匿名性。 Except there is that nagging question of anonymity. | ||
权力导致腐败，绝对权力导致绝对腐败。这虽是老生常谈，但无半点虚言。 Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true. | ||
辛普森的那些被过分称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上是老生常谈。 Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology. | ||
