English Dictionary

platitudinize

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive) To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic. / (transitive) To express as or reduce to one or more clichés or truisms.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）陳腐な言葉やありふれたフレーズを口にする、すなわち、論点に対して当たり障りのない陳腐な意見や決まり文句を述べる。 / （他動詞）物事を陳腐な決まり文句や当たり障りのない表現に置き換える、またはその性質に陳腐化させる。

When asked about the crisis, the spokesperson began to platitudinize instead of offering concrete answers.

危機について尋ねられると、広報担当者は具体的な回答をする代わりに陳腐な決まり文句を口にし始めた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic.

He does not attempt lofty flights of eloquence or try to disguise thought under ponderous platitudinising sentences.

意味（2）

(transitive) To express as or reduce to one or more clichés or truisms.

Mendelssohn had misunderstood, platitudinized, and misinterpreted the holy concept of revelation.

platitudinizes （ present singular third-person ）

platitudinizing （ participle present ）

platitudinized （ participle past ）

platitudinized （ past ）