commonplace

adj.

1. 平凡的；普通的；普遍的
   done very often, or existing in many places, and therefore not unusual
   1. Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms.
      计算机如今在小学教室里很普遍。

noun

1. 常见的事；平常的事
   an event, etc. that happens very often and is not unusual
2. 平淡无奇的言语等；老生常谈
   a remark, etc. that is not new or interesting

1. 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.
   1. Foreign vacations have become commonplace...
      去国外度假已经变得很平常了。
   2. It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
      狙击手向救援车队开火的事情很常见。
2. N-COUNT 平常的事;司空见惯的事
   A commonplace is something that happens often or is often found.
   1. 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。
3. 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.
   1. 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。

1. It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.
   在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。
2. Foreign vacations have become commonplace
   去国外度假已经变得很平常了。
3. It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
   狙击手向救援车队开火的事情很常见。
4. 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。
5. Single-parent homes are commonplace.
   单亲家庭很普遍。
6. It is a commonplace fact that holidays are a major test of any relationship
   度假对任何恋爱关系都是重大考验，这是常识。
7. Vagrancy and begging has become commonplace in London.
   流浪和乞讨在伦敦已变得很常见。
8. Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.
   辛普森的那些被大肆称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上都不足为奇。
9. Wacky ideas are commonplace among space scientists.
   太空科学家想法古怪是不足为奇的。
10. Be not content with the commonplace in character.
    不要满足于普通的共性。
11. What he has said is a mere commonplace view.
    他所说的不过是尘俗之见而已。
12. By the later part of the sixteen hundreds, small hand-held camera OBSCURAS were commonplace.
    到17世纪后半叶时，小的手提式暗箱已经很普通了。
13. The chairman made a commonplace speech, which bored every commonsense audience.
    主席做了一个陈腐的演讲，让每个有常识的听众都厌倦。
14. Roadside stands and food stalls in busy urban markets were commonplace in ancient Greece and Rome.
    在古希腊和古罗马，路边摊和大排档在繁忙的城市市集上就已经很常见了。
15. Asteroid has become commonplace to the readers of interstellar travel stories in science fiction magazines.
    对于读过科幻杂志中星际旅行故事的读者来说，小行星已是平淡无味了。
16. It made the Marseilles that I knew, tame and commonplace.
    我所了解的马赛，简直变得平淡无奇，索然寡味了。
17. Air travel has now become commonplace.
    空中旅行现在已经变得很平常了。
18. Air travel has now become commonplace; commonplace everyday activities.
    空中旅行现在已经变得很平常了；平凡的日常活动。
19. These horrors have become commonplace.
    这种惨剧已经变得很平常了。
20. Poverty and hunger have been commonplace in developing countries.
    广大发展中国家仍比较普遍地存在贫穷和饥饿现象；
21. And this will be commonplace, with all of these machines hooked up and working together.
    而且这将会是平凡的，由于所有的这些机器钩状的增加和一起工作。
22. Taxes on land are commonplace in the United States as well as most other countries today.
    对土地课税今天在美国和其他大部分国家已是很平常的事情。
23. He was a commonplace, mean-looking man who might have been an engineer or technician of some kind.
    他是一个面目平庸的普通人，可能是个工程师，或者是个技术员。
24. It is becoming increasingly commonplace for people to use the Internet at home.
    在这里使用因特网已变成越来越平常的事了。
25. This lack of interest in cultural heritage has become commonplace in our society.
    对文化遗产不感兴趣，这是目前我们社会的一个普遍现象。
26. And even in France, disposable cigarette lighters are commonplace.
    甚至在法国，一次性香烟打火机也是很普遍的了。
27. I have erred against every commonplace notion of decorum.
    我违反了通常的关于礼貌的所有看法。
28. Tech talk is increasingly commonplace in business and life.
    技术语言在商业和生活中越来越常见。
29. I'm talking about the view that's commonplace.
    我正在谈论的是通俗的思想观点。
30. It was the most commonplace question in the world.
    这是个世上最普通的问题。

noun

1. a trite or obvious remark

   Synonym:    platitudeclichebanalitybromide

adj

1. not challenging
   1. an unglamorous job greasing engines

   Synonym:    humdrumprosaicunglamorousunglamourous

2. completely ordinary and unremarkable
   1. air travel has now become commonplace
   2. commonplace everyday activities

3. repeated too often
   1. bromidic sermons
   2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
   3. hackneyed phrases
   4. a stock answer
   5. repeating threadbare jokes
   6. parroting some timeworn axiom
   7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'

   Synonym:    banalhackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretimeworntiredtritewell-worn