adj. 陈腐的；平庸的
v. 出租（马匹、马车等）；役使（hackney 的过去式）
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。
3.He sometimes slips into rather dreadful puns and hackneyed language.
他有时会失口说出很刺耳的双关语和极陈腐的话来。
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。
5.Or maybe we will criticize it for being boring or hackneyed.
我们或许会批评它，因为它乏味，或者因为它陈腐。
6.Theft crime is a hackneyed crime.
盗窃犯罪是一种常见犯罪。
7.She will certainly serve as a better guide to exploring those issues that don’t easily fit into the already hackneyed “Dragon vs. Elephant” cliché.
她无疑会作为一个更好的指导者，帮助我们探讨那些已不合时宜的“龙象对阵”问题的陈词滥调。
8.I think the impact would be fine, so hackneyed tired towards the establishment would love to flash, I would like to set up a blog, a la carte.
我认为，其影响将被罚款，那么累陈词滥调朝向建立，将爱心闪光，我想成立一个博客，点菜。