platitudes

演讲八股

He delivered a long prose full of platitudes. 他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。

The speaker seems to have no original ideas; his speech was full of platitudes. ＂演讲人似乎没有什么独到的见解，他的讲话充满了陈词滥调。＂

We shall have to listen to more platitudes about the dangers of overspending. 我们又得再听一通超支危害的陈词滥调了。