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Commonplace Adj 独特的 Place Kɔmənpleis A.平常的 英 平常的(Ordinary

单词 commonplace
音标 ['kɔmənpleis]
解释 a.平常的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 平常的(ordinary, not interesting)
【考】 反义词:inimitable( 独特的)
【例】 He's not at all exciting, in fact he's really rather commonplace .
字源 commonplace (n.)
1540s, "a statement generally accepted," literal translation of Latin locus communis, from Greek koinos topos "general topic." See common (adj.) + place (n.). The adjectival sense of "having nothing original" dates from c.1600.
不择手段背单词 adj. 普通平凡的(没有明显的特征的); n 陈词滥调 = platitude
【例】it will be commonplace for people to travel to the moon 人们到月球旅行将会变成常事儿.
【记】common(adj 普通的), place(n 地方)
【反】inimitable(adj 独特的)
趣味全助记 【记】common place

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