very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important平庸的；平淡乏味的；无关紧要的；陈腐的- a banal conversation about the weather关于天气的平庸谈话
- He knew how banal the question was as soon as he had asked it.他一问便知道这个问题有多平庸。
- She murmured some banal phrases of encouragement.她喃喃自语一些平庸的鼓励。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBanal is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally relating to feudal service in the sense of ‘compulsory’): from French, from ban ‘a proclamation or call to arms’; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to ban.