ADJ-GRADED 平庸的;平淡无奇的 If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting. 平庸的;平淡无奇的 [disapproval]
The text is banal.
课文索然无味。
Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.