【commonplace】 - SAT备考词汇

commonplace

UK:  ['kɒmən.pleɪs]

US:  ['kɑmən.pleɪs]

复数：commonplaces  

n.

1.普遍现象

2.极为平常,见惯,司空见惯

3.平常话;口头弹,常套话

4.常事,平常物品

5.平常话,客套话,平易浅显的话,老声常谈

6.庸庸碌碌,平凡暗淡

7.平常,不足道的事情

8.常见现象

9.〔文〕平庸作品

10.备忘录

adj.

1.普遍,流行,广泛,司空见惯的,很平常的事情

2.平凡的,平常的,普通的,微不足道的

3.平凡的;陈腐的

4.陈腐,俗不可耐的;平淡无味,索然寡味,不成器的

v.

1.把…记入备忘录

2.由备忘录中摘出

1 . Now that his money was so low, he began to observe his clothes and feel that even his best ones were beginning to look commonplace.
现在他的钱就快用完了，于是开始注意起自己的衣服来，觉得连自己最好的衣服都开始显得旧了。

2 . From this point, "naked marriage age" want to say, that marriage is still commonplace topic is still of . . .
从这点而言，《裸婚时代》要讲的，仍旧是老生常谈的那些婚姻话题，仍旧是探讨…

3 . Only a week later, I found myself in the operating room and realized that something as commonplace as an IV tube was uncomfortable.
只有一星期之后，我发现我自己在手术室中而且意识到像IV管一样平凡是不舒服的。

4 . Indeed, in certain areas, at this particular moment in history, it seems to have been almost commonplace.
事实上，在历史上的这一特别时刻，这类罪行在某些地区几乎随处可见。

5 . However, it is now suggesting that this could be commonplace within a few years.
但是，据说现在克隆食品在未来几年内要成为日常食品。