1·They starved but only could eat a piece of stale bread every day.
他们饿了，但每天只能吃一块不新鲜的面包。
2·They starved but only could eat a piece of stale bread everyday.
他们饿得发慌，可只能每天吃一片不新鲜的面包。
3·When he tried to refuse, his first meal of the day, a plate of cold, dry meat and stale bread, was taken away from him.
当父亲想拒绝的时候，他那天的第一次伙食，一份又冷又干的肉和不新鲜的面包，就被从手中夺走了。
4·Love from his mother was never emotionally nurturing (stale cake) and often came with a serious downside (poisonous).
来自他母亲的爱从未被情感培养过(不新鲜的蛋糕)而且还常常伴随着严重的下降趋势(有毒)。
5·We never sell stale food.
我们从来不卖不新鲜的食品。
1·By using stale metaphors, similes, and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague.
使用陈腐的暗喻、明喻和习语，你省了不少思考的力气，代价是你的意义的模糊。
2·By using stale metaphors, similes, and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself.
使用陈腐的暗喻、明喻和习语，你省了不少思考的力气，代价是你的意义的模糊，不仅对读者，也对你自己模糊。
3·It smelled stale and had a strong odor of fermented olives.
闻起来陈腐，还有一种很浓烈的橄榄发酵味。
4·Inside the ceilings are low, the lighting dingy and the air thick with stale smoke.
里面的天花板低小，灯光昏暗，空气中弥漫着陈腐的烟雾。
5·In (4), the writer knows more or less what he wants to say, but an accumulation of stale phrases chokes him like tea leaves blocking a sink.
例(4)，作者多少知道自己想说什么，但是陈腐短语的堆砌就象茶叶堵了水槽一样噎着他。