参考例句

1. Weidman greeted him with the timeworn jest."Got a patient for you."

   卫德蒙一如往常戏谑地说：“替你找到一个病人。”

2. bromidic sermons; his remarks were trite and commonplace; hackneyed phrases; a stock answer; repeating threadbare jokes; parroting some timeworn axiom; the trite metaphor `hard as nails'.

   陈腐的说教；他的评论陈腐而平凡；陈腐之词；俗套的答案；重复无聊的笑话；模仿陈旧的公理；'象钉子一样坚硬'是古老的比喻。

3. The paper brings out a few of measures to save energy including rational planning of grid, improvement of line loss management, public line, reactive compensation on-spot, promotion of single-phase transformer and elimination of timeworn facilities, etc.

   提出了多种途径的节能措施，包括合理规划电网、加强线损管理、完善公用线路、公用台变无功就地补偿、推广单相变、淘汰落后用电设备等。

4. And that bodes well for the chances the Court might reconsider the current system -- under which the FCC uses timeworn excuses to cater to those who seek to use any pretext to justify censoring speech they dislike.

   耐心的等待机会，也许该法院会重新考虑当前的体制——联邦通信委员会用陈旧的申辩去迎合那些喜欢用借口来司法审查那些其不喜欢的言词。