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

• 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。
• 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。
• The chairman made a commonplace speech, which bored every commonsense audience.
  主席做了一个陈腐的演讲，让每个有常识的听众都厌倦。
• 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。
• 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。
• Single-parent homes are commonplace.
  单亲家庭很普遍。
• 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。
• Vagrancy and begging has become commonplace in London.
  流浪和乞讨在伦敦已变得很常见。
• And even in France, disposable cigarette lighters are commonplace.
  甚至在法国，一次性香烟打火机也是很普遍的了。
• Foreign vacations have become commonplace
  去国外度假已经变得很平常了。