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单词 platitude
释义 platitude
 /plat"i toohd', -tyoohd'/,  n.  
  1. a flat, dull, or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
  2. the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite: the platitude of most political oratory.
 [1805-15; < F: lit., flatness, equiv. to plat flat (see PLATE1) + -itude, as in F latitude, altitude, magnitude, etc.]
 Syn. 1. cliché, truism.
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