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commonplace

英 ['kɒmənpleɪs] 美['kɑmən'ples]

英英释义同义词辨析实用场景例句

近义词undistinguished regular standard humdrum workaday stock ordinary usual routine average general pedestrian run-of-the-mill everyday mediocre typical

n. 老生常谈；司空见惯的事；普通的东西
adj. 平凡的；陈腐的

词态变化

复数: commonplaces;

英文词源

commonplace (n.): 1540s, "a statement generally accepted," literal translation of Latin locus communis, from Greek koinos topos "general topic." See common (adj.) + place (n.). The adjectival sense of "having nothing original" dates from c. 1600.

双语例句

1. It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.: 在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。

2. Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.: 辛普森的那些被大肆称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上都不足为奇。

3. Wacky ideas are commonplace among space scientists.: 太空科学家想法古怪是不足为奇的。

4. Single-parent homes are commonplace.: 单亲家庭很普遍。

5. Part-time work and job sharing will become commonplace.: 兼职工作和工作分担制会成为很平常的事。