Something banal is ordinary in a tired way. It is not interesting, because it has no new idea in it.

Something banal is ordinary in a tired waybanal陳腐的東西是一種讓人厭倦的普通 It is not interesting它不有趣 because it has no new idea in it因為裡面沒有新的想法

A banal comment is the kind everyone has already heard, like “time flies” said as if it were a discovery. A banal film copies the same old story.

A banal comment is the kind everyone has already heardbanal的評論就是那種大家都聽過的話 like "time flies" said as if it were a discovery像是把time flies時光飛逝講得好像是什麼新發現 A banal film copies the same old storybanal的電影則是重複同樣的老套劇情

The word is a little formal and a little sharp: you use it when you are judging, not when you are being kind. Though actually, what feels banal to one person can still feel fresh to another; the word is about a feeling of “I have seen this too many times,” not about a scientific fact.

The word is a little formal and a little sharp這個字有點正式，也有點尖銳 you use it when you are judging你會在批評的時候用它 not when you are being kind不是在說好話的時候 Though actually不過其實 what feels banal to one person can still feel fresh to another一個人覺得banal的東西，對另一個人可能還是新鮮的 the word is about a feeling of "I have seen this too many times,"這個字談的是我已經看過太多次了這種感覺 not about a scientific fact不是科學事實

It is stronger than simple and colder than ordinary. Simple can be good. Banal means the ordinary has gone dull.

It is stronger than simple它比simple簡單的語氣更強 and colder than ordinary也比ordinary普通更冷 Simple can be goodSimple可以是好的 Banal means the ordinary has gone dullBanal則代表普通已經變得乏味