shopworn

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shop·worn /ˈʃɒpwɔːn $ ˈʃɑːpwɔːrn/ adjective American English  1. BBTDAMAGEa product that is shopworn is slightly damaged or dirty because it has been in a shop for a long time 〔商品〕在商店里摆旧了的 SYN British English shop-soiled2  INTERESTING#an idea that is shopworn is no longer interesting because it has been discussed many times before 〔观点因谈论过多次而〕不再有趣的，老套的 SYN shop-soiled British English shopworn management techniques 老一套的管理手法

Examples from the Corpus

shopworn• Exotic dancers, taxi drivers, cigarette girls, lawyers of the shopworn sort with dandruff on their lapels.From Longman Business Dictionaryshopwornshop‧worn /ˈʃɒpwɔːnˈʃɑːpwɔːrn/ adjective American EnglishCOMMERCE shopworn goods are slightly damaged or dirty because they have been in a shop for a long timeSYN BrE shop-soiled

shop·worn adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus or Business because a dirty that is slightly damaged product is shopworn

shopworn
shop‧worn /ˈʃɒpwɔːn $ ˈʃɑːpwɔːrn/ adjective American English
1. a product that is shopworn is slightly damaged or dirty because it has been in a shop for a long time
   SYN  shop-soiled British English
2. an idea that is shopworn is no longer interesting because it has been discussed many times before
   SYN  shop-soiled British English:
    shopworn management techniques

shop·wornBrE /ˈʃɒpwɔːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃɑːpwɔːrn/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE ˈshop-soiled) adjective(of goods 商品) dirty or not in perfect condition because they have been in a shop/store for a long time 在商店摆放旧了的◆(figurative) a shopworn argument (= that is no longer new or useful) 陈旧的论点