Banality is the noun for that tired, ordinary quality. You can talk about the banality of a speech, a song, or even a whole way of talking.

Banality is the nounBanality是名詞， for that tired, ordinary quality指那種疲乏、老套的特質。 You can talk about the banality of a speech你可以講一場演講的banality、 a song一首歌的banality、 or even a whole way of talking甚至是一整套講話方式的banality。

If a talk is full of banality, it is full of ideas so used-up that they no longer wake anyone up. A single tired sentence can also be called a banality.

If a talk is full of banality如果一場談話充滿banality， it is full of ideas so used-up that they no longer wake anyone up就是說裡面的想法都已經被用到爛，再也喚不起任何人的注意。 A single tired sentence can also be called a banality一個用爛的句子本身也可以被叫做a banality。

Writers sometimes speak of “the banality of evil,” a famous, heavy phrase, to say that terrible things can be done in a dull, office-like way, with no big dark speech. That is a special use you may meet later in books.

Writers sometimes speak of “the banality of evil,”作家有時候會講「the banality of evil（惡的平庸性）」， a famous, heavy phrase這是個著名又沉重的說法， to say that terrible things can be done in a dull, office-like way意思是可怕的事情可以用一種枯燥、像辦公室日常的方式被做出來， with no big dark speech不需要什麼大段陰暗的演說。 That is a special use這是一個特殊用法， you may meet later in books你以後在書裡可能會遇到。

In everyday English, banality just means the state of being banal: dullness that comes from having nothing new to say. Though actually, calling something a banality is a judgement, the same as calling it banal; it is not a neutral school-book label.

In everyday English, banality just means the state of being banal在日常英文裡，banality就只是指banal（老套）的狀態： dullness that comes from having nothing new to say因為沒有新東西可說而產生的乏味。 Though actually, calling something a banality is a judgement不過話說回來，說某樣東西是a banality其實是一種評價， the same as calling it banal跟說它banal是一樣的； it is not a neutral school-book label這不是一個中性的教科書標籤。