commonplace
英 ['k?m?nple?s]
美 ['kɑm?n'ples]
- n. 老生常談；司空見(jiàn)慣的事；普通的東西
- adj. 平凡的；陳腐的
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.
- 在街上看見(jiàn)有人餓暈是很平常的事。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.
- 辛普森的那些被大肆稱(chēng)贊的發(fā)現(xiàn)在現(xiàn)代社會(huì)學(xué)中實(shí)際上都不足為奇。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Wacky ideas are commonplace among space scientists.
- 太空科學(xué)家想法古怪是不足為奇的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Single-parent homes are commonplace.
- 單親家庭很普遍。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Part-time work and job sharing will become commonplace.
- 兼職工作和工作分擔(dān)制會(huì)成為很平常的事。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句