commonplace
- n.常见的事;平常的事;老生常谈;平淡无奇的言语等
- adj.普遍的;普通的;平凡的
复数: commonplaces
common 通常的 + place 地方,地点
commonplace
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ADJ-GRADED 平常的;不足为奇的
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。
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N-COUNT 平常的事;司空见惯的事
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。
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N-COUNT 老生常谈;陈词滥调
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。
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- a trite or obvious remark
- Synonym: platitude cliche banality bromide
adj
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- not challenging;dull and lacking excitement
- an unglamorous job greasing engines
- Synonym: humdrum prosaic unglamorous unglamourous
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- completely ordinary and unremarkable
- air travel has now become commonplace
- commonplace everyday activities
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- repeated too often;overfamiliar through overuse
- bromidic sermons
- his remarks were trite and commonplace
- hackneyed phrases
- a stock answer
- repeating threadbare jokes
- parroting some timeworn axiom
- the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
- Synonym: banal hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock(a) threadbare timeworn tired trite well-worn
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Soon it will be commonplace for people to travel to the moon .
不用多久,人们到月球旅行会变成常见的事了。
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Some scientists believe that soon it will be commonplace for people to travel to the moon .
一些科学家相信,不用多久,人们到月球旅行会变成常见的事。
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Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms .
计算机如今在小学教室里很普遍。
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It is a commonplace fact that holidays are a major test of any relationship
度假对任何恋爱关系都是重大考验,这是常识。
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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。
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Wacky ideas are commonplace among space scientists .
太空科学家想法古怪是不足为奇的。
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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。
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Foreign vacations have become commonplace
去国外度假已经变得很平常了。
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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。
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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。
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Vagrancy and begging has become commonplace in London .
流浪和乞讨在伦敦已变得很常见。
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Single-parent homes are commonplace .
单亲家庭很普遍。
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Be not content with the commonplace in character .
不要满足于普通的共性。
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What he has said is a mere commonplace view .
他所说的不过是尘俗之见而已。
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Conversation on such an occasion is not expected to soar above polite commonplaces .
不能指望在这种场合的谈话会超越平常的客套。
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By the later part of the sixteen hundreds , small hand-held camera OBSCURAS were commonplace .
到17世纪后半叶时,小的手提式暗箱已经很普通了。
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During this decade new forms of entertainment , commerce , research , and communication became commonplace in the U. S.
这十年里,娱乐、商业、研究和通讯的新形式在美国普及开来。
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace ; making the complicated simple , awesomely simple , that 's creativity .
让简单事情变复杂是平庸;让复杂事情变简单,惊人地简单,是创造力
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Statuscation is a new word coined to characterize the now commonplace activity of sharing your holiday plans on social networks .
新兴词汇statuscation指在社交网站上实时分享度假行程的行为,这种行为时下很流行,我们可称之为“实时播报假日”。
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As wedding costs climb higher and higher , things like sponsored weddings and website donations are bound to become more commonplace .
随着婚庆消费不断增多,赞助结婚和网站捐赠等方式越来越普遍。
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Since laptops became commonplace in the mid-1990s , neatly2 dressed criminals have found a new crime where they can turn a quick profit .
自上世纪90年代中期笔记本电脑流行起来之后,穿着安静整洁的窃贼找到了快速“发财”新的犯罪途径。
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The " sandwich generation " of middle-aged , middle-aged children today are the first to be living in an age where a four - or five-generation family is becoming commonplace .
既要养育孩子又要照顾年迈父母的中年“三明治一代”情形正在发生变化。
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Another possibility is that the shoes were created somewhere in the late 1950s or early 1960s , when plastic became a commonplace material , and fashion designers began to experiment with it .
另一种说法是,这种鞋大约是在上世纪五十年代后期或者六十年代早期出现的,当时塑料已是常规材质,时尚设计师就开始试着用塑料做鞋。
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It seems that avocado hand is so commonplace , the British Association of Plastic , Reconstructive and Aesthetic3 Surgeons wants to warn people about the safety risk , with one doctor suggesting a safety label to be placed on avocados .
“牛油果手”非常普遍。英国整形重塑和美容协会想要提醒人们这一安全风险。一位医生建议说应该给牛油果贴上安全标签。
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In America , sales of tooth whitening products have risen 300 % since 1996 , and the trend for excessive bleaching1 has grown so commonplace there that dentists have coined a new word for it - " bleachorexia " , meaning an unhealthy obsession2 with whitening one 's teeth .
在美国,牙齿美白产品的销量从1996年到现在增长了300%。过度漂白牙齿的风潮已经如此平常,以至于牙医们为这种现象造了一个新词——“牙齿美白癖”,意思是对牙齿美白的一种不健康的痴迷。
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We already have the technology to make the extraordinary commonplace .
我们已经拥有化神奇为现实的技术。
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Special effects are now commonplace in every modern movie we watch .
现在我们观看的每一部现代电影中,特技效果都很常见。
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Social intercourse between Chinese and foreigners also became more commonplace .
与此同时,中国人与外国人之间的社交往来也越发平常。
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This response is becoming commonplace all over the United states .
在美国各地这样的反映变得越来越普遍。
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The issue of Northeast Asian security cooperation is a commonplace subject .
摘要东北亚安全合作问题是一个老生常谈的话题。