However , to accuse an artist of artifice is a bit like accusing a banker of being interested in money : it may be true , but it is still trite .
然而,指责一个艺术家虚伪有点像指责一个银行家对钱着迷:这可能是正确的,但也是老套的。
Reportedly there is a trite song , called " footsteps " , in his honour , and a glowing published tribute to his " excellence both in the arts of pen and sword " .
I hope that the journal will be well edited and that it will publish a good deal of lively writing , carefully avoiding wooden and trite articles which are flat , insipid and unintelligible .
我希望这个报纸好好地办下去,多载些生动的文字,切忌死板、老套,令人看不懂,没味道,不起劲。
It 's trite , but apparently true .
这是老一套了,但显然是事实。
It was spiritual , but it wasn 't trite .
但是她爱他是精神上的,决不是俗套。
Sometimes I have been at the back of a trite stage .
有时我看见在那陈旧的舞台背后。
That 's a bit trite , don 't you think ?
真是老掉牙了不是吗?
Instead , he chooses to package his career into a series of trite leadership lessons .