commonplace
adj. 平常的,普遍的
n. 平常的事; 老生常谈
If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
Foreign vacations have become commonplace...
去国外度假已经变得很平常了。
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。
A commonplace is something that happens often or is often found.
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。
A commonplace is a remark or opinion that is often expressed and is therefore not original or interesting.
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。
1. a trite or obvious remark
1. obvious and dull;
2. completely ordinary and unremarkable;
3. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement;
4. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
common, ordinary, commonplace, general, usual, popular, universal
这些形容词均含有"普通的,普遍的"之意。
What he has said is a mere commonplace view.
他所说的不过是尘俗之见而已.
The fervor surrounding Liu's run had become commonplace in the run upto the August Games.
对于刘的热烈期待是非常平凡的并且在八月份达到了鼎盛.
This supercilious attitude relegates me to the level of the commonplace.
这种目空一切的心态把我归入大路货的档次.
The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow.
今天的时髦话往往变成明天的陈词滥调.
Their conversation struck him as rather commonplace.
他们的谈话他听来感到平淡无奇.
adj. 平凡的,普通的
undistinguishedregularstandardhumdrumworkadaystockordinaryusualroutineaveragegeneralpedestrianrun-of-the-milleverydaymediocretypical
adj. 陈腐的
platitudinousbromidichackneyedmoth-eatentrivialnewbanalthreadbarestereotypedprosyworn-outold-hatnottritestockmatter-of-fact
n. 客套话,口头禅,常事
clichestereotypesayingbanalityplatitudechestnutoldmaximtritetwaddle
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