Hackneyed

(imp. & p. p.) of Hackney

手打:谢莉

• Much cant have I heard and read about 'maiden modesty,' but, properly used, and not hackneyed, the words are good and appropriate words. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I have seen a gipsy vagabond; she has practised in hackneyed fashion the science of palmistry and told me what such people usually tell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But that expression of 'violently in love' is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Every line, every word wasin the hackneyed metaphor which their dear writer, were she here, would forbida dagger to my heart. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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