adj. 平凡的,不足為奇的;平庸的,陳腐的
n. 司空見慣的事,常見的東西;老生常談,陳詞濫調
1Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.辛普森的那些被過分稱讚的發現在現代社會學中實際上是老生常談。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
2This was only a small part of a war where the slaughter of civilians was commonplace.這只是戰爭的一小部分,在戰爭中對平民的屠殺已司空見慣。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
3Be not content with the commonplace in character.不要滿足於普通的共性。《新英漢大辭典》
4Opera was commonplace in Italy for almost a thousand years before it became commercial as a venture.上千年來,歌劇在義大利一直都是很普通的事物,直到它變成一種被商業化的項目。
5The practice of destroying unsold stock, and even rolls of unused fabric, is commonplace for luxury labels.銷毀未售出的庫存,甚至銷毀成卷未使用的衣料,這種做法對於奢侈品品牌來說是司空見慣的。
6During this decade new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, and communication became commonplace in the U.S.在這十年中,新的娛樂、商業、研究和通訊形式在美國變得司空見慣。
7Formal price-fixing by cartel and informal price-fixing by agreements covering the members of an industry are commonplace.通過卡特爾進行的正式價格壟斷,以及通過涵蓋行業成員的協定進行的非正式價格壟斷,都是司空見慣的。
8Even the most commonplace activities, such as calling Telstra or picking up a parcel from Australia Post, are followed by texts or emails with surveys asking, "How did we do?"即使是平常的活動,比如給澳大利亞電信打電話或從澳大利亞郵政取包裹,緊隨其後的都是通過簡訊或電子郵件傳送給你的滿意度調查,詢問:“我們做得如何?”
9Male infertility is becoming commonplace.男性不育越來越常見。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
10Inter-racial marriages have become commonplace.不同種族間的通婚已經變得很常見。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
11Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms.計算機如今在國小教室里很普遍。《牛津詞典》
12Vagrancy and begging has become commonplace in the city.流浪和乞討在這個城市裡已變得很常見。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
13Some commonplace answers are, "Well, I go to the gym."一些常見的回答是,“嗯,我去健身房。”
14Long queues are commonplace in front of some popular museums.一些熱門博物館前大排長龍的情況十分常見。
15He said that no commonplace boy would ever have got his daughter out of the cave.他說沒有哪個平庸的男孩能把他的女兒從山洞裡救出來。
16Another reason for the commonplace practice is a financial incentive for brands exporting goods to America.這種普遍做法的另一個原因是對向美國出口商品的品牌有經濟激勵。
17The gooey substance produced by mixing cornstarch with a little water is a commonplace example of such material.玉米澱粉和少量水混合後產生的粘稠物質就是這種物質的常見例子。
18By the mid-1850's the inclusion of women in the rituals of party politics had become commonplace and the ideology that justified such inclusion had been assimilated by the Democrats.到19世紀50年代中期,將女性納入政黨政治儀式已成為司空見慣的事,而為這種納入辯護的意識形態已被民主黨同化。
19But that their minds are not different from our own is demonstrated by the fact that the hard-won discoveries of scientists like Kepler or Einstein become the commonplace knowledge of schoolchildren.但是,他們的頭腦與我們的頭腦並沒有什麼不同,這一點已被一個事實所證明,即像克卜勒或愛因斯坦這樣的科學家們的來之不易的發現,已成為小學生們的常識。
20What he has said is a mere commonplace view.他所說的不過是塵俗之見而已。《新英漢大辭典》
21The extraordinary became commonplace.特別變成了平庸。
22What he has said is a mere commonplace.他所說的無非是老生常談而已。
23Now it is commonplace.現在這已變得很平常了。
24Friendships are commonplace in all jobs.一切工作中都會有友誼。
25Again, that is a commonplace observation.再者,這是一個很常見的事。
26Spitting and burping in public is commonplace.在公共場所隨地吐痰和打嗝很常見。
27Multiple offers are commonplace in seller's markets.在賣方市場中數倍的出價是很平常的。
28Such technology is already commonplace in Japan.類似的技術在日本早已經普及。
29This became too commonplace to need explanation.這種情形太普遍了,幾乎不需要解釋。
30Water refugees are likely to become commonplace.水源短缺難民將會很普遍。