Better , surely , to face the coming storm on that foundation , than on a trite slogan that could be your undoing .
要面对欲将来袭的风暴,当然最好是在这一基础上做好准备,而固守一个陈腐的口号可能会导致毁灭。
I know that that sounds almost trite to say it , but they have to get involved .
我知道这听上去有点老套,但是他们必须参与进来。
Evil loomed large and dramatic on the face of the planet , and it was something of a shock to find its incarnation in such commonplace , trite human beings as eichmann and the thousands of others who were simply " obeying orders " .