1ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ]平常的;不足爲奇的 If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising. 平常的;不足爲奇的
Foreign vacations have become commonplace.
去國外度假已經變得很平常了。
It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
2N-COUNT [usually singular, oft N to-inf/that]平常的事;司空見慣的事 A commonplace is something that happens often or is often found. 平常的事;司空見慣的事
It's become a commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.
現在在街上時不時會看見有人餓暈。
3N-COUNT [usually singular]老生常談;陳詞濫調 A commonplace is a remark or opinion that is often expressed and is therefore not original or interesting. 老生常談;陳詞濫調
It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤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。