commonplaces
- n.老生常谈;平常的事;常见的事;平淡无奇的言语等
- commonplace的复数
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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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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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Emotional convulsions seemed to have become the commonplaces of her history .
感情上的震动在她的经历中似乎已经司空见惯了。
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We exchanged a few commonplaces about our work and the weather .
我们相互寒暄了几句有关工作和天气的套话。
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Faith is a dynamic power that breaks the chain of routine and gives a new , fine turn to old commonplaces .
信念是一种充满活力的力量，它能打破常规的束缚，让平凡陈旧的事物焕然一新。
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His speech was full commonplaces .
他的演讲充满了陈词滥调。
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But , looking up at his face in the interchange of the first few commonplaces , she observed a change in it .
两人谈家常时，露西抬起头来望了望他的脸，却发现了他的变化。
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All that is made such a flourish of in the old South Sea Voyages , those things were but the life-time commonplaces of our heroic Nantucketers .
凡是在古代的南海航行中显得非常了不起的事情，在我们这些英勇的南塔开特人看来，都完全是平淡无奇的事情。