commonplace
adjective /ˈkɒmənpleɪs/
/ˈkɑːmənpleɪs/
- done very often, or existing in many places, and therefore not unusual
平凡的;普通的;普遍的 - This technology is now commonplace in schools.
这项技术现在在学校很常见。
- Such actions were regarded as commonplace during the war.
这样的行为被认为是战争期间常有的事。 - These ideas are commonplace among teenagers.
这些观念在十几岁的人中间很常见。 - Double agents are quite commonplace in the world of espionage.
双重间谍在间谍世界中很常见。 - It is commonplace for soldiers to get very little sleep.
士兵睡得很少,这很平常。 - She made things that are now quite commonplace but at the time seemed really exotic.
她做的东西现在很普通,但在当时看起来真的很奇特。 - Violent incidents of this kind have become commonplace.
这种暴力事件已很普遍。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- very
- almost
- enough
- …
- among
词源mid 16th cent. (originally common place): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme’. - This technology is now commonplace in schools.