truisms
n.陈词滥调,老生常谈:一个显而易见的真理,但由于过于普遍和平凡而缺乏新意。
例句
I am tired of listening to his truisms.
我听腻了他的陈词滥调。
"If you can't measure it, you can't manage it" is one of the classic truisms of management.
如果你无法监测衡量,你就无法进行管理。
I wondered how many of these truisms had a scientific underpinning and how many were but myths.
我疑惑这些老生常谈有多少是有科学基础而有多少只是想当然。