单词 | common people |
释义 | common people (once / 1328 pages) n WORD FAMILY common people: common peoples USAGE EXAMPLESKing Bhumibol was revered by many Thais who saw him as an advocate of the common people and a promoter of economic development. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) “The legal system isn’t fair,” Mr. Zhou, 57, said, adding that local officials had “turned against the common people.” New York Times(Nov 20, 2016) Mencken: “the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) n people in general (often used in the plural) the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next Syn|Hypo|Hyper folk, folks country people, countryfolk people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics gentlefolkpeople of good family and breeding and high social status grass rootsthe common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity) home folkfolks from your own home town rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraffdisparaging terms for the common people scum, trashworthless people people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
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