commonplace

英 [ˈkɒmənpleɪs]

美 [ˈkɑːmənpleɪs]

adj.  平凡的; 普通的; 普遍的
n.  常见的事; 平常的事; 平淡无奇的言语等; 老生常谈

复数：commonplaces　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM4TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.8456 / COCA.8669

牛津词典

adj.

• 平凡的；普通的；普遍的
  done very often, or existing in many places, and therefore not unusual
  1. Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms.
     计算机如今在小学教室里很普遍。

noun

• 常见的事；平常的事
  an event, etc. that happens very often and is not unusual
• 平淡无奇的言语等；老生常谈
  a remark, etc. that is not new or interesting

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 平常的;不足为奇的
  If something iscommonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
  1. Foreign vacations have become commonplace...
     去国外度假已经变得很平常了。
  2. It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
     狙击手向救援车队开火的事情很常见。
• N-COUNT 平常的事;司空见惯的事
  Acommonplaceis something that happens often or is often found.
  1. It's become a commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.
     现在在街上时不时会看见有人饿晕。
• N-COUNT 老生常谈;陈词滥调
  Acommonplaceis a remark or opinion that is often expressed and is therefore not original or interesting.
  1. It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
     说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已是陈词滥调了。

英英释义

noun

• a trite or obvious remark
  Synonym:platitudeclichebanalitybromide

adj

• not challenging
  1. an unglamorous job greasing engines
  Synonym:humdrumprosaicunglamorousunglamourous
• completely ordinary and unremarkable
  1. air travel has now become commonplace
  2. commonplace everyday activities
• repeated too often
  1. bromidic sermons
  2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  3. hackneyed phrases
  4. a stock answer
  5. repeating threadbare jokes
  6. parroting some timeworn axiom
  7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
  Synonym:banalhackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtritewell-worn

双语例句

• He was a commonplace, mean-looking man who might have been an engineer or technician of some kind.
  他是一个面目平庸的普通人，可能是个工程师，或者是个技术员。
• Asteroid has become commonplace to the readers of interstellar travel stories in science fiction magazines.
  对于读过科幻杂志中星际旅行故事的读者来说，小行星已是平淡无味了。
• It is becoming increasingly commonplace for people to use the Internet at home.
  在这里使用因特网已变成越来越平常的事了。
• Air travel has now become commonplace; commonplace everyday activities.
  空中旅行现在已经变得很平常了；平凡的日常活动。
• This lack of interest in cultural heritage has become commonplace in our society.
  对文化遗产不感兴趣，这是目前我们社会的一个普遍现象。
• It was the most commonplace question in the world.
  这是个世上最普通的问题。
• It made the Marseilles that I knew, tame and commonplace.
  我所了解的马赛，简直变得平淡无奇，索然寡味了。
• Single-parent homes are commonplace.
  单亲家庭很普遍。
• Taxes on land are commonplace in the United States as well as most other countries today.
  对土地课税今天在美国和其他大部分国家已是很平常的事情。
• Tech talk is increasingly commonplace in business and life.
  技术语言在商业和生活中越来越常见。