The union has imposed a ban on overtime.

Suzhou has a ban on parking cars in this busy street.

苏州有条禁令,不准在这条热闹的街上停车.

The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.

歌词平淡老套，押韵生硬蹩脚。

The lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal.

那首歌的歌词非常老套，令人难堪。

The script is utterly banal. It is incredible that human minds can put such muck on to paper.

这个剧本是十足的平庸之作，难以想象有人会写出这样的垃圾。

The text is banal.

课文索然无味。

The plot of the TV soap opera was so banal we didn't watch it.

这部电视肥皂剧的情节完全是老一套,我们没有看.

His lunatic counterfactual art is more appealing than the banal awfulness of the Reliable Sources.

他的疯癫的反现实的艺术比从可靠的来源得来的平凡的有威严的消息更能引起我们的兴趣.

Henry said something banal about the President's charm and magnetism.

亨利把总统如何有魅力和吸引人一类的琐事讲了讲.

Seine Verlautbarungen, gleich wie banal sie daherkommen , gelten als Ausdruck h & ouml ; chster Erkenntnis.

无论他的言论是多么的 陈词滥调, 都会被当作是看透红尘的表现.

Without that highly individual thing called personality, beauty itself becomes banal.

如果缺少那种叫做“性格”的很有个性的东西, 美的本身便是平凡的.

It was above all that our deliberations were banal or irrelevant.

最主要的是,我们的考虑平平庸庸,或者说不得要领.

He preluded with some banal remarks.

他讲了一些老套话作为开场白.

It involves systematic yet banal design, and blunt reportage.

它使用系统的,然而平庸的设计和迟钝的新闻报道.

Making banal remarks was one of his bad habits.

他的坏习惯之一就是喜欢说些陈词滥调.

His frequent use of cliches made his essay seem banal.

由于他反复使用这些陈腐的题材,所以他的文章味同嚼蜡.

The heroes maintain ability to think of banal cliches even in the most strenuous situations.

英雄们还是一贯的陈腔烂调,即便在最危险的时候也是如此.

And all this trouble, it is banal analysis.

而这一切的麻烦, 这是平庸的分析.

The restaurant serves banal food.

那家饭馆供给的饭菜全无特色.

The details , while depressing to me are fairly banal: a delayed flight, a missed connection.

事情的始末再老套不过了, 但着实让我沮丧: 先是飞机晚点,后又搭错了航班.

The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal.

人物刻画得非常出色,但情节平庸.