used too often and therefore boring synonym clichéd陈腐的 a hackneyed phrase/subject 陈词滥调;老生常谈的话题
Extra ExamplesHe doesn't fit the hackneyed image of the computer nerd. 他不符合计算机呆子的陈腐形象。 The artist should be careful to avoid hackneyed subjects. 艺术家应该小心避免老生常谈的主题。 There was truth in that hackneyed old saying in show business, ‘Fame costs.’ 演艺圈里那句老掉牙的老话“名声要花钱”是有道理的。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHackneyed is used with these nouns:- image
- phrase