1. 溴化; 溴化物：bromic ether 溴代乙烷; 乙基溴 | bromide 溴化; 溴化物 | brominated species 含溴产品

2. 溴剂：bromatology 饮食学 | bromide 溴剂 | bromidrosiphobia 恐体臭症

1. 溴化物，溴化钾（用作镇静剂）
    Bromide is a drug which used to be given to people to calm their nerves when they were worried or upset.

    e.g. ...a dose of bromide.
           一剂溴化钾镇静剂

2. 老套的安慰话；陈词滥调
    A bromide is a comment which is intended to calm someone down when they are angry, but which has been expressed so often that it has become boring and meaningless.

    e.g. The meeting produced the usual bromides about macroeconomic policy, third-world debt and the environment.
           会议上提出的还是那些惯常讨论的老套话题——宏观经济政策、第三世界债务和环境问题。

1. a trite or obvious remark

    Synonym: platitudeclichebanalitycommonplace

2. any of the salts of hydrobromic acid
    formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs