commonplace

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com·mon·place1 /ˈkɒmənpleɪs $ ˈkɑː-/ adjectiveadj

COMMONhappening or existing in many places, and therefore not special or unusual 常见的，屡见不鲜的

Car thefts are commonplace in this part of town.

镇上的这个地段盗车案屡见不鲜。

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Examples from the Corpus

commonplace• Judicial review of administrative decisions by central or local government and certain other bodies is now commonplace.• Of course, stories of ex-smokers drifting back to the fold are commonplace.• It used to be rare to see young people sleeping on the streets of London -- these days it's become increasingly commonplace.• Organ transplants are now commonplace.• Divorce was commonplace among the Gentiles.• He expects widespread usage of computer technology to be commonplace before that time.• Superstores such as Wal-Mart are now commonplace in America's small towns.• Nudism on beaches has long been commonplace in Europe.• Expensive foreign cars are commonplace in this Chicago suburb.• As segregation and violence became commonplace, the national government expressed no willingness to enforce a new racial order.• It's unspeakably commonplace to follow one's instincts.

commonplace2 noun [countableC usually singular]

1 COMMONsomething that happens or exists in many places, so that it is not unusual 平常事，常见事物

Women’s groups have become a commonplace.

妇女团体已经成了常见事物。

2. something that has been said so often that it is no longer interesting or original 老生常谈，老掉牙的话

3. the commonplace ORDINARYsomething that is ordinary or boring 平淡无奇的事物 SYN the everyday

Examples from the Corpus

commonplace• However, the fact that such quasi-duties are a commonplace does not, of itself, advance the cause of animals.• One-parent families are now a commonplace in our society.• Many of his utterances were, however, sermon commonplaces, to which parallels can be found in other contemporary preaching.• The constant references to Hammett, Chandler and Casablanca, supposed to be chic, are simply commonplaces.

com·mon·place1 adjectiveadjcommonplace2 noun

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8456 COCA: 8669

commonplace

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION

VERBS

➤be, seem普通；好像平常

▸➤become變得平常

▸➤regard sth as認為⋯很常見

◇Such actions were regarded as commonplace during the war.這樣的行為被認為是戰爭期間常有的事。

ADVERB

➤very非常普通

▸➤almost幾近尋常

▸➤enough, fairly, quite, rather十分平常；相當普通

◇Her situation sounded commonplace enough.她的情況聽起來十分平常。

PREPOSITION

➤among在⋯中間很平常

◇These ideas are commonplace among teenagers.這些觀念在十幾歲的人中間很常見。

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8456 COCA: 8669

commonplace adj.
⇨ general 1

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8456 COCA: 8669

commonplace

Ordinary and normal: BAU, identikit, normal...

Comments and remarks: acknowledgment, afterthought, allusion...

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