词根:hack
adj.hackney 供出租的
n.hack 砍,劈;出租马车
hackney 乘用马;出租马车;出租汽车;操贱役的人
vi.hack 砍
vt.hack 砍;出租
hackney 役使;出租
1.It was a dark and stormy night "is a hackneyed beginning for a story."
“那是一个风雨交加的黑暗的夜晚”,这是常见的故事的开头。
2.There is probably no phrase much more hackneyed than that of "human document," yet it is the only one which at all describes this very unusual book.
也许没有比“人类的记录”更陈腐的词语了,但它确实是唯一可以形容这本不寻常的书的词。
4.Properly used, and not hackneyed, the words are good and appropriate.
如果用得得当,而不是滥用的话,这几个字倒是恰当的好字眼。