英 [ˈkɒmənpleɪs] 美 [ˈkɑːmənpleɪs]
adj. 平凡的，不足为奇的；平庸的，陈腐的
n. 司空见惯的事，常见的东西；老生常谈，陈词滥调
复数commonplaces
比较级more commonplace
最高级most commonplace
commonplace /ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs/ CET6 TEM4
形容词 If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising. 常见的
Inter-racial marriages have become commonplace.
不同种族间的通婚已经变得很常见。
completely ordinary and unremarkable
air travel has now become commonplace ; commonplace everyday activities
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
同义词： humdrum / prosaic / unglamorous / unglamourous
平凡的
) : dull or stale as because of overuse；trite：hackneyed；commonplace陈腐的；平庸的；平凡的；老一套的 squalor (n.) : the quality or condition of being squalid；filth and wretchedness肮脏；悲惨，不幸 .
反观在国米前几个赛季淘态赛阶段碌碌无为(Commonplace)的伊布，埃托奥用这粒金子般的入球使两人的高下立判，更不用说在梅阿查的那次助攻了。不管什么条件下，仔细刷牙，特别是晚上。
后攻的运用也是 老生常谈 ( Commonplace )的话题了，我们的攻手身高力量都好于日本队，但后攻效果远没有日本队来的好，原因在于，我们往往(Often)是在被动的，前排都不下...
用膳、寝息、冲凉正本是人生常事(Commonplace)，寡言养气，寡事养神，寡思养精，寡念养性。威尔斯(Wales)颠仆在如许的事宜上，可谓(Indeed)是笑话一件了。
commonly 一般地；通常地；普通地
commonness 共性；平凡
Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.
辛普森的那些被过分称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上是老生常谈。
This was only a small part of a war where the slaughter of civilians was commonplace.
这只是战争的一小部分，在战争中对平民的屠杀已司空见惯。
Be not content with the commonplace in character.
不要满足于普通的共性。
In his photographs of gas stations, diners and cemeteries he found a beauty so simple but commonplace it was often overlooked, so unspeakably true but poignant it was rarely acknowledged."
VOA : special.2009.03.23
Milton, like so many of his contemporaries, kept a commonplace book and, as you can imagine, he kept it for the most part in Latin.
和许多同代的人一样，弥尔顿，写一本普通的书，正如你所想象的，他所写那本书大部分是拉丁文。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
I think there's a connection here between the image from the commonplace book and the treatment in Milton's mask of this strangely conjoint phenomenon of virginity and speechlessness.
我认为,笔记书中的形象,和弥尔顿《面具》中有关童贞和无语这一共同现象,是有联系的。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Kingsley was fascinated by how the story explores mental health care from half-a-century ago when techniques now viewed as barbaric were commonplace.
VOA : standard.2010.02.27
Jia says today all these items are commonplace.
VOA : standard.2009.09.28
Malaria epidemics were once commonplace in places as far north as Russia and Finland.
It has become commonplace to speak of the death of the PC these days.
Sensors such as GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, NFC, and high resolution cameras are now commonplace in smartphones.
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