newspaper (and now information technology) slang for "unit of writing that can be used over and over without change," 1893, from a literal meaning (1840) "metal rolled in large, flat plates for use in making steam boilers." The connecting notion is probably of sturdiness or reusability. From 1890s to 1950s, publicity items were cast or stamped in metal ready for the printing press and distributed to newspapers as filler. The largest supplier was Western Newspaper Union.
实用例句
1. The provision for observation of the cease - fire was boilerplate.
遵守 停火 协定的条款是照搬过去的条文.
来自辞典例句
2. Boilerplate: Standard legal language used in legal documents.
标准法律语言: 法律文件中使用的标准法律语言.
来自互联网
3. Therefore, in chapter seven we build a small preprocessor to create the boilerplate required.
