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Said so many times by so many people that it has gone flat.
Said so many times by so many people that it has gone flat被太多人講過太多次，講到都變得陳腔濫調、失去味道了。
A trite remark is not wrong — that is what makes it slippery. "Everything happens for a reason", "time heals all wounds", "follow your dreams": these may even be kind things to say, but they arrive ready-made, and the listener can feel that no real thought went into them. That is the sting in the word.
A trite remark is not wrong一句trite的話並不是錯的——that is what makes it slippery這正是它狡猾的地方。"Everything happens for a reason", "time heals all wounds", "follow your dreams"「Everything happens for a reason」、「time heals all wounds」、「follow your dreams」：these may even be kind things to say這些甚至可能是很體貼的話，but they arrive ready-made但它們是現成的、套好的, and the listener can feel that no real thought went into them聽的人感覺得出來，說話的人並沒有真正想過。That is the sting in the word這就是這個字帶刺的地方。
Calling something trite is a criticism not just of the idea but of the person, hinting they reached for the easy phrase instead of meaning it — so it can carry a suggestion of , of going through the motions. Use it about words, ideas, plots, songs, endings: a trite ending is one you saw coming a mile away.
Calling something trite說一件事trite， is a criticism not just of the idea but of the person不只是在批評那個想法，也是在批評那個人，hinting they reached for the easy phrase instead of meaning it暗示他們是隨手抓了個現成的說法，而不是真心那麼想——so it can carry a suggestion of insincerity所以這帶著一點不真誠的暗示，of going through the motions敷衍了事的感覺。Use it about words, ideas, plots, songs, endings可以用在words、ideas、plots、songs、endings上：a trite ending is one you saw coming a mile away一個trite的結局就是那種你老遠就猜到的結局。
It is a somewhat formal, word — you meet it in reviews and essays more than in conversation, where people say "cliché" or "cheesy" or "so predictable". Note also that a thing can be true and trite at once; is about wear, not about falsehood.
It is a somewhat formal, bookish word這是個有點正式、有點書卷氣的字——you meet it in reviews and essays more than in conversation你在書評和文章裡遇到它的機會，比在對話裡多，where people say "cliché" or "cheesy" or "so predictable"對話裡大家會說"cliché"、"cheesy"或"so predictable"。Note also that a thing can be true and trite at once也要注意，一件事可以同時是真的又是trite的；triteness is about wear, not about falsehoodtriteness講的是「用舊了」，不是「不真實」。
組成From Latin tritus "worn out", from the verb terō "to rub, to wear away". So a trite phrase is one rubbed smooth by too much handling — a lovely picture hiding inside the word.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
triteadj詞源 1/tɹaɪt/
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used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
- It is a trite saying in a young country that anyone starting out in life with the determination to become wealthy will have his wish gratified.
- It is trite history – and trite law – to say that the law of the sea since that time [World War II] reflects a history of coastal State expansion.
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lawSo well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
- It is trite to say that the mere fact that a decision does not favour the applicant or that the applicant disagrees with the decision does not establish that the decision is tainted with bias.
tritenoun詞源 2/tɹaɪt/
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A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
tritenoun詞源 3/tɹaɪt/
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entertainmentlifestylemusicIn Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the paranete and higher than the paramese.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。