"used till so common as to have lost its novelty and interest," 1540s, from Latin tritus "worn, oft-trodden," of language "much-used, familiar, commonplace," past participle adjective from terere "to rub, wear down" (see throw (v.)). Related: Tritely; triteness.
例文
1. The simple concepts he had been taught now sounded trite and naive.
彼が教えられていた簡単な考えは、今では陳腐で幼稚に聞こえる。
2.The heading is trite .
タイトルが古い.
3.The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas.
この映画は平坦な陳腐な観点であふれている。/
4.It was spiritual,but it wasn 't trite .
でも彼女は彼を愛するのは精神的で、決して俗物ではない。dd>-廊橋遺夢
5.Yesterday,in the restaurant,Lorraine had seemed trite ,blurred,worn away.