run-of-the-mill

英 [ˌrʌn əv ðə ˈmɪl]

美 [ˌrʌn əv ðə ˈmɪl]

adj.  平凡的; 普通的; 乏味的

牛津词典

adj.

• 平凡的；普通的；乏味的
  ordinary, with no special or interesting features

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 普通的;一般的;平凡的;不突出的
  Arun-of-the-millperson or thing is very ordinary, with no special or interesting features.
  1. I was just a very average run-of-the-mill kind of student...
     我只是一个普普通通的学生。
  2. For many they clearly represent an alternative to run-of-the-mill estate cars.
     对于很多人来说，他们显然可以作为一般旅行车的替代品。

英英释义

adj

• not special in any way
  1. run-of-the-mill boxing
  2. your run-of-the-mine college graduate
  3. a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career
  Synonym:run-of-the-minemine rununexceptional

双语例句

• Bennis has also argued that leaders take a different attitude to failure from run-of-the-mill managers, thinking of it not so much as the end of a phase, but rather the beginning of one imbued with knowledge gained from the failure.
  班尼斯也坚称，领导人和那些寻常的经理人对待失败的态度应该有所不同，甚至不要把失败当做一个阶段的结束，而是把失败当成下一阶段的开始，下一阶段充满着从失败学到的知识。
• Although both companies yesterday denied any appetite for run-of-the-mill branches and chequeing accounts, they are likely to take advantage of their ability to tap this source of long-term, stable funding.
  虽然这两家公司昨日都表示普通分支行和支票账户没有兴趣，但是它们仍可能利用自身能力的优势，吸引这种长期稳定的资金来源。
• All I ever wanted was a run-of-the-mill College experience.
  我只想经历下大学生活。
• Besides the run-of-the-mill morons, there are two factions of morons that are worth special mention.
  除了常见的白痴外，这还有两类特殊的白痴，值得提一下。
• That is because it contains carbon atoms which are heavier than run-of-the-mill carbon, and are unstable.
  这是因为这部分二氧化碳包含有比一般碳原子重且不稳定的碳原子。
• It's just a run-of-the-mill war film.
  这是一部很平庸的战争片。
• I would say it was a typical run-of-the-mill Hollywood thriller.
  我觉得它是典型的常见好莱坞恐怖电影。
• You might be a run-of-the-mill salesperson, but if you have mastery of another language on your resume or LinkedIn profile, you're going to come up in keyword searches more often than you would think.
  你或许是一个普通的销售员，但是假如你能在简历里表示你掌握了另一门外语，你在关键词搜索中被搜到的频率会得到令你难以置信的提升。
• This is just your run-of-the-mill, daring, spectacular bullet catch.
  这只是普通水平的接子弹，亲爱的。
• What makes them so horrendously different from the run-of-the-mill zombies or "normal" skeletal undead?
  为什么这种生物带来的恐惧与一般的聚尸怪和骷髅完全不同？