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单词 commonplace
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commonplace

adjective
/ˈkɒmənpleɪs/
/ˈkɑːmənpleɪs/
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  1. done very often, or existing in many places, and therefore not unusual
    • This technology is now commonplace in schools.
    Extra Examples
    • Such actions were regarded as commonplace during the war.
    • These ideas are commonplace among teenagers.
    • Double agents are quite commonplace in the world of espionage.
    • It is commonplace for soldiers to get very little sleep.
    • She made things that are now quite commonplace but at the time seemed really exotic.
    • Violent incidents of this kind have become commonplace.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • very
    • almost
    • enough
    preposition
    • among
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally common place): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme’.

commonplace

noun
/ˈkɒmənpleɪs/
/ˈkɑːmənpleɪs/
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  1. [usually singular] an event, etc. that happens very often and is not unusual
  2. a remark, etc. that is not new or interesting
    • The speech was full of commonplaces.
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally common place): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme’.
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