“陈腐的”用英语怎么说？

陈腐的方式Fossilized ways约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.它本是一件老朽陈腐的东西, 很少有人愿意去研究它.It was an obsolete thing, and few cared to study it....