very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important 平庸的;平淡乏味的;无关紧要的;陈腐的 a banal conversation about the weather 关于天气的乏味谈话 He knew how banal the question was as soon as he had asked it. 他一问这个问题就知道它有多乏味。 She murmured some banal phrases of encouragement. 她低声说了些陈词滥调来鼓励我。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBanal is used with these nouns:- lyrics
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally relating to feudal service in the sense of ‘compulsory’): from French, from ban ‘a proclamation or call to arms’; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban.