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