湖边社【每日一词】boilerplate - n. （在法律文件或计算机程序中略微修改即可使用的）文件样板/范例;陈词滥调
Definition: noun
1: syndicated material supplied especially to weekly newspapers in matrix or plate form
2 a: standardized text
2 b: formulaic or hackneyed language
bureaucratic boilerplate
3: tightly packed icy snow
网络短语
license boilerplate 许可版本
boilerplate contract 铁板合同
boilerplate stuff 陈词滥调
boilerplate code 样板代码
boilerplate E 引用
counterbalancet boilerplate 重量均匀
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In the days before computers, small newspapers around the U.S. relied heavily on feature stories, editorials, and other printed material supplied by large publishing syndicates. The syndicates delivered that copy on metal plates with the type already in place so the local papers wouldn't have to set it. Printers apparently dubbed those syndicated plates "boiler plates" because of their resemblance to the plating used in making steam boilers. Soon boilerplate came to refer to the printed material on the plates as well as to the plates themselves. Because boilerplate stories were often more filler—material used to fill extra space in a column or page of a newspaper to increase its size—than important or informative news, the word acquired negative connotations and gained the "standardized or formulaic language" sense widely used today.
Examples of boilerplate in a Sentence
Defensive woes threaten to derail USC’s title aspirations Oct. 1, 2023 The impassioned defense was a departure from the mild-mannered safety’s usual, congenial tone – and from the usual, boilerplate explanations for USC’s defensive decline.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
Characters are already established, the boilerplate of narrative can be scrapped and the storytelling can be made richer.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2023
For years, the trolley driver has been putting his own spin on the T’s boilerplate announcements, playing with cadence and pitch, recommending his favorite anime, and cheering on Boston sports teams.
—Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023