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Meaning of 老套
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老
套
lǎo
tào
老套
hackneyed; well-worn (phrase etc); same old story; stereotypical fashion
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Example Sentences
kē
xué
jiā
科学家
men
们
duì
对
huǒ
xīng
火星
biǎo
miàn
de
表面的
liǎo
jiě
了解
shèn
甚
yú
于
tā
men
他们
duì
对
dì
qiú
地球
biǎo
miàn
de
表面的
liǎo
jiě
了解
,
zhè
jù
huà
这句话
tīng
shàng
qu
听上去
nán
miǎn
难免
jué
de
觉得
yǒu
xiē
有些
lǎo
tào
老套
,
dàn
但
yě
也
shì
是
shì
shí
事实
。
It is a truism that scientists know more about the surface of Mars than they do about the surface of the Earth, but it is also true.
wǒ
men
我们
rú
hé
如何
cái
néng
才能
tiào
chū
跳出
zhè
这
yī
一
lǎo
tào
老套
de
的
mó
shì
模式
,
bìng
tóng
并同
shí
néng
时能
hǎo
hǎo
好好
de
的
wán
chéng
完成
tā
men
它们
?
How do we escape the stereotypes and yet fulfill them at the same time?
zài
在
zhè
这
piān
篇
wén
zhāng
文章
lǐ
里
wǒ
我
bìng
bù
并不
dǎ
suàn
打算
yòng
用
nà
xiē
那些
lǎo
tào
老套
de
的
huí
dá
回答
。
And I am not going to propose any universal answer in this article.
dì
yī
第一
,
xiǎn
rán
显然
nà
xiē
那些
pǔ
tōng
普通
de
的
,
lǎo
tào
老套
hé
和
bú
qiè
shí
jì
不切实际
de
的
xiǎng
fǎ
想法
huì
shǒu
会首
xiān
先
jìn
rù
进入
dà
nǎo
大脑
,
suǒ
yǐ
所以
,
bǐ
rú
比如
qián
前
20
gè
个
dào
到
25
gè
个
xiǎng
fǎ
想法
hěn
很
kě
néng
可能
bú
shi
不是
xīn
xiān
新鲜
hé
和
chuàng
zào
xìng
创造性
de
的
.
First, the obvious, usual, stale, unworkable ideas seem to come to mind first, so that the first, say, 20 or 25 ideas are probably not going to be fresh and creative.
guān
jiàn
关键
chōu
xiàng
抽象
de
的
zhí
zé
职责
hé
和
guān
xi
关系
zài
在
bú
duàn
不断
zēng
jiā
增加
,
zhí
dào
直到
xiàng
像
bù
rù
步入
zhōng
nián
中年
de
的
fù
mǔ
父母
yí
yàng
一样
zhǐ
néng
只能
àn
zhào
按照
lǎo
tào
老套
de
的
xí
guàn
习惯
xíng
shì
行事
。
The key abstractions accrue responsibilities and relationships until, like parents stuck in middle age, they can only follow their well-worn patterns.
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