"trite, commonplace," 1840, from French banal, "belonging to a manor, common, hackneyed, commonplace," from Old French banel "communal" (13c.), from ban "decree; legal control; announcement; authorization; payment for use of a communal oven, mill, etc." (see ban (v.)). The modern sense evolved from the word's use in designating things like ovens or mills that belonged to feudal serfs, or else compulsory military service; in either case it was generalized in French through "open to everyone" to "commonplace, ordinary," to "trite, petty."
实用例句
1. The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.
从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。来自柯林斯例句
2. The text is banal.
课文索然无味。来自柯林斯例句
3. The lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal.
那首歌的歌词非常老套，令人难堪。来自柯林斯例句
4. The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
歌词平淡老套，押韵生硬蹩脚。来自柯林斯例句
5. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
