commonplace
音标:[kɔmənpleis ]
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n. 寻常事, 老生常谈, 普通的东西a. 平凡的, 普通的
◆记忆方法一:
分析:common——公共的;place——地方。
记忆:在这种公共地方,我们当然只能说套话了。
common/ ordinary/ commonplace/ general/ usual/ popular/ universal 这些形容词均含有“普通的,普遍的”之意。 common〓多用于指物,侧重很常见,不稀奇。 ordinary〓用于物,指每天发生,十分平淡无奇;用于人,指无特别之处,很一般。 commonplace〓强调缺少新意。 general〓语气强于common,侧重大多如此,很少有例外情况。 usual〓指常见常闻和常做的事或举动,强调惯常性。 popular〓指适应大众爱好、需要,为大家所公认或接受。 universal与general同义,但语气较强,侧重对每个人或事物都适用,根本没有例外。
Making no mention whatsoever of the situation where trampling the people's basic human rights was commonplace in old Tibet, the exiled Dalai Lama has tried by every means to cover it up and vilify and
流亡在外的达赖对旧西藏普遍的践踏人民群众基本人权的状况只字不提,竭力掩饰,却对新西藏的发展、进步百般诋毁和攻击。
He had a stodgy, dusty, commonplace look to him which was more a matter of mind than of body.
他有一副索然无味的,灰蒙蒙的平庸的样子,就他说来,这多半是思想的毛病,而不是相貌的毛病。
Many movies deal with commonplace themes .
许多电影的主题很平庸。
※Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is , the more difficult is it to bring it home.
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