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Definition of common in English: commonadjectivecommonest, commoner ˈkɒmənˈkɑmən 1Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent. 一般的；常见的；通常的，日常的；普遍的 salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings 盐和胡椒粉是两种最常用的调味品。 it's common for children to have middle ear infections Example sentencesExamples - Upper respiratory infections are common at this time of year so try to tighten up on hygiene.
- We have taken advice from the contractors who advise there is no need to put signs up and this is common practice for public places.
- In rural areas, it is common for three or more generations to live in the same household.
- Serious health problems are more common than people think.
- Late financial statements, reports or tax returns are the most common occurrences.
- When children fight, it is common for a general sense of tension to spread throughout the group.
- In some countries, especially developing countries, certain diseases are common among the people.
- The idea that if it's legal then it must be safe is a very common misconception.
- Contact with hot items, chemicals or electricity are also fairly common causes of the burn injury.
- On the radio they are saying the gale-force winds we've had today are common for this time of year.
- However, the affordability of healthy food is difficult for the common masses.
- ‘Can't somebody do something about all this?’ was the common refrain.
- It is fairly common for university students, either during or after their education, to go abroad to teach.
- Stories like these have become increasingly common on college campuses.
- Depression is common in older adults, including those with Alzheimer's disease, and is often untreated.
- Reports indicate that it is common practice to lock students inside dormitories at night.
- In the past it was common to find quite different spellings for the same locality.
- Recurrent symptoms were particularly common in younger patients.
- Anemia is a very common cause of fatigue.
- Today it is common to see men taking care of their children in public.
- Wooden houses are common along the Caspian coast.
Synonyms usual, ordinary, customary, habitual, familiar, regular, frequent, repeated, recurrent, routine, everyday, daily, day-to-day, quotidian, standard, typical conventional, stock, stereotyped, predictable, commonplace, mundane, run-of-the-mill literary wonted widespread, general, universal, popular, mainstream, prevalent, prevailing, rife, established, well established, conventional, traditional, traditionalist, orthodox, accepted in circulation, in force, in vogue - 1.1 (of an animal or plant) found or living in relatively large numbers; not rare.
（动植物）常见的；多见的 you might spot less common birds such as the great spotted woodpecker the swordfish is not common in European waters Example sentencesExamples - The sighting of the black neck crane and several other rare and common birds in the area kept my spirit and interest buoyant.
- Acorns come from oak trees, which were a very common tree in Medieval England.
- Crab spiders are common and occur in fairly high numbers on most crops and garden plants.
- A fairly common species all over India, the barn owls have adapted well to our cities.
- One thing is certain the once common cuckoo is now very rare indeed.
- My parents always had feeders up, so I knew what all the common birds were when I was relatively small.
- Grouse, ravens and buzzards may be seen, and red deer are common.
- One thing he's learned is that common weeds can treat everything from stomach aches to open wounds.
- Given that my horticultural expertise is limited to identifying about a dozen of the more common flowers, it's a curious choice.
- Grouse are common birds in Ontario forests and are one of the tastiest as well.
- Priority species such as the song thrush, ring plover and reed bunting birds are now common there.
- No experience is needed, although you need to be able to identify common trees and shrubs.
- Another diver in the party spotted a John Dory, and these appear to be quite common in the area.
- The common weed Hypericum perforatum or St John's wort is an altogether friendlier type of plant.
- Three types of sharks are common in the area: the sand tiger shark, bull shark and scalloped hammerhead.
- This large and beautiful shrub is so common in Alabama that we forget what a regional specialty it is.
- Rats were very common in towns and cities and lead to the Black Death of 1348 to 1349.
- Turtles are common, and the reef is packed with octopuses.
- On the M40 they have replaced the kestrel as the common bird of prey.
- Rose, gladiolus, carnation and dahlia are some of the common flowers that are in style with customers.
- 1.2 Denoting the most widespread or typical species of an animal or plant.
（动植物种类）分布最为广泛的；最典型的 最常见的海鸥。 Example sentencesExamples - In my garden I am happily growing the common primrose, cultivated cowslips, and primulas.
- The common mouse spider appears to be similar to the funnel web and responds to funnel web antivenom.
- While the common oak tree tends to have a broad frame, the pin oak has a more slender frame with a graceful framework of branchlets.
- On a warm summer day, a number of butterfly species can be seen on the reserve including common blue, green veined white and meadow brown.
- The Marsh Frog is a bit like the common frog but greener and its head is more pointed.
- We here in the East are limited to the common crow, blue jay and, in the western part of our state, to the raven.
- The common wolf spider has no web, but the female is a gentle parent who encases her eggs in a silken bundle which she carries wherever she goes.
- Is this the start of some evolutionary change, where ducks replace the common pigeon?
- As black-headed and common gulls tend to feed on farmland, it seems likely that farmland is the origin of the outbreak.
- The common fly already knows its way, in and out of the fly-bottle, and anywhere else it wants to go.
- 1.3 Ordinary; of ordinary qualities; without special rank or position.
普通的，平凡的；平民的；无特殊级别（或地位）的 the dwellings of common people 平民住宅。 普通士兵。 Example sentencesExamples - The bad news is that there will inevitably be job losses in the hundreds, if not thousands, among the ranks of common bank workers.
- Why isn't there a diet for the common folks who want results fast?
- Their members came from the ranks of the common people, and their worship was personal and full of emotion.
- Instead, in the supposed century of the common man, the poor man's king largely disappears from serious history.
- We still think that we produce really high-quality product, but we also produce enough of it and cheap enough that common people can afford it.
- It was clear from their dress that this was no common day.
- Should the poet suppress or remove subtleties of thought that are over the head of the common reader?
- Yet, because the common mass of humanity was so far beneath him, he had nothing but contempt for it.
- She is divided between the class system; she is both an educated reader and a common worker.
- It is, in a way, the only menace with multiple potentials to perturb the normal life of the common man.
- Life in the city for the common people is a relentless struggle to keep out of trouble and keep your head above water.
- Alert to the yearnings of the common man, they knew their security of position depended utterly on restraining the horde.
- He is Prime Minister, and therefore has a duty to rise above the ordinary concerns, fears and prejudices of the common man.
- The translation of the whole Bible into English for the common people began only with John Wycliffe.
- Because it is difficult work then - not anyone of the rest of us normal common folks can understand Law.
- Despite their variety, some of the better memoirs come from the perspective of the common soldier.
Synonyms ordinary, normal, typical, average, unexceptional, run-of-the-mill, plain, simple - 1.4 (of a quality) of a sort or level to be generally expected.
（品质）起码的 起码的体面。 Example sentencesExamples - She replied bluntly, not bothering with the common courtesy Elizabeth expected.
- They depend upon the social concern and common decency of ordinary people.
- Colin suggested that Mr Kenny consider sending him on a ‘crash course for basic manners and common courtesy.’
- For them, common decency has no place in a fight for their cause.
- Gordon Brown will get a lot more respect by forgetting the flags and getting on with a more familiar agenda of common decency.
- It is unfair to employers, too, whose interests are not overriding but are nonetheless owed common honesty.
Synonyms general, collective, non-specific, inclusive, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, broad, comprehensive, blanket, umbrella, sweeping, universal, cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary - 1.5 Of the most familiar type.
通俗的；最常见的 the common or vernacular name 通俗的或是本地的名字。 Example sentencesExamples - In fats the alcohol is glycerol, more familiar under its common name of glycerine.
- Chances are that you found the sentence confusing, even though all the words are common and familiar.
- The box shows what other entries there are, and how the botanical species relate to common names.
- I am not for the word becoming part of the common, everyday vernacular, but it still is.
- Some complained that they found memorizing the scientific names and common names of 48 crops difficult for a freshman level class.
- Dioxin is the common name used to refer to the chemical tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or TCDD.
Synonyms familiar, widely known, popular, usual, everyday, customary, conventional, established
2Shared by, coming from, or done by two or more people, groups, or things. 公共的；共同的；共为的 the two republics' common border 这两个共和国的公共边界。 problems common to both communities 两个社区共同的问题。 Example sentencesExamples - But the problem is the lack of common agreement on just what the governments do regard as terrorism.
- This type of moral narrative appears to have been common to Near Eastern civilizations.
- A common thread through most of the stories is the support from the family.
- This can only be possible if there are entry and exit points recognised by countries sharing common borders.
- I regret that in our own country there has been a lamentable lack of interest in our common European inheritance.
- One problem which is also common to other isolated islands is a shortage of cold fresh water.
- The European Union is supposed to have a common foreign policy.
- Finding a common enemy is the simplest way to unite a people.
- In civil cases, experts are now invited to work out common positions and identify areas of disagreement before they go into court.
- Brazil shares common borders with 10 other countries in South America.
- He seemed to me to be really old, but even in death to be lacking in that common frailty I tended to view all the elderly as possessing.
- Thus we can say there is empirical support for the existence of the last common ancestor.
- The similarity exists but is not likely to be an indication of common ancestry.
- All three are human systems and all three share characteristics common to human systems.
- Most boys my age I found to be a total mystery, and I could find little common interest.
- The partnership reflects our common heritage and position in Bradford.
- The Philippines lacks a common language and about eighty languages and dialects are spoken in the islands.
- In the event of an imminent threat of war, the two parties would take a common defense position.
- Now, I'd probably get bored by our lack of common interests and go out with a librarian instead.
- I wanted to run with the pack of cousins and friends in the common yard that connected all our properties.
Synonyms collective, communal, community, public, popular, general - 2.1 Belonging to or involving the whole of a community or the public at large.
（社区，公众）共有的；公共的，公用的；共受影响的 公地。 Example sentencesExamples - On the tenth it was decreed that all common lands might be redistributed among inhabitants of the communities where they were situated.
- Not a nation founded on race but on a common culture, respects and language.
- In fact, these bikers are committing offences of driving on common land and causing a public nuisance, which can both carry up to six months in prison.
- They are wilfully ignoring the vital creative role of the public domain in reinvigorating our common culture.
- From this perspective, culture is seen as the lifeline of communities with a common tradition.
- There would still be a public institutional complex ruling authoritatively on the common affairs of the community.
- There were no community initiatives to develop common properties.
- If we really want to create a common culture, we need to ask the awkward questions of what our society believes in and be prepared to fight for hearts and minds.
- The first measures to divide the common lands among local communities were taken in the late 1780s.
- Residents who flocked to a public meeting on giving common status to land at Lowercroft dug deep into their pockets to swell a legal fighting fund.
- This is surely appropriate for common land which should be for the use of all the community, not just a minority of car-owning commuters.
- George offered a principle for distinguishing individual rights from common rights.
Synonyms collective, communal, community, public, popular, general shared, joint, combined - 2.2Mathematics Belonging to two or more quantities.
〔数〕公共的 Example sentencesExamples - In fact, there will not be a Fibonacci number as a common factor between two neighbouring Fibonacci's for the same reason.
- Two quantities are considered correlated when they are affected by a common quantity.
- I don't know how to do the least common multiple and the least common denominator.
- Two positive integers always have a greatest common divisor, even if they have only one common divisor, 1.
- Euclid's Elements is full of algorithms for geometry, including one to find the greatest common divisor of two numbers.
3British Showing a lack of taste and refinement supposedly typical of the lower classes; vulgar. 庸俗的；低级的；粗俗的 她真庸俗。 Example sentencesExamples - Bryan was a vulgar and common man, a cad undiluted.
- Smoking is also quite tacky, it makes you look cheap and common.
- These days, however, Labour ministers probably make tycoons feel positively common.
- Then, from our comfortable seats, we raised a glass at the ranks of common buses.
- It's almost as common and vulgar as chewing gum while you're serving customers.
- They don't look any different from regular clerks or salesmen, with their plain clothes and common haircuts.
- Any more of those f-words and God forbid they might start thinking about letting rough common children into these private tennis clubs.
- Tales of playing bridge and how dreadfully common the South of France has become for holidays conclude with the observation that ‘scientists are the new rock and roll stars’.
- Cliff is just too common to be accepted into a world dominated by the likes of long-standing regional bowls champion Ray Smith.
- Oh, nothing would surprise them when it came to that common little harlot.
Synonyms uncouth, vulgar, coarse, rough, unsavoury, boorish, rude, impolite, ill-mannered, unladylike, ungentlemanly, ill-bred, uncivilized, unsophisticated, unrefined, philistine, primitive, savage, brutish, oafish, gross lowly, low, low-born, low-ranking, low-class, inferior, humble, ignoble, proletarian, plebeian informal plebby, slobbish, cloddish, clodhopping British informal common as muck archaic baseborn 4Grammar
(in Latin, Dutch, and certain other languages) of or denoting a gender of nouns that are conventionally regarded as masculine or feminine, contrasting with neuter. （拉丁语、荷兰语和某些其他语言）（名词）阳性或阴性的，非中性的 - 4.1 (in English) denoting a noun that refers to individuals of either sex (e.g. teacher).
（英语）（名词）通性的（如teacher）
5Prosody
(of a syllable) able to be either short or long. 〔诗韵〕（音节）长短共通的 6Law
(of a crime) of lesser severity. 〔律〕（罪行）普通的；轻度的 普通企图伤害罪。 Example sentencesExamples - A life is precious, and unlike a common theft, once taken, it can never be given back.
- The exceptional categories plainly apply to offences more serious than common assault, but no court has ever decided how far they go.
- He was charged with affray and common assault rather than violent disorder and was jailed for six months.
- Tring admitted a series of offences, including common assault, threatening behaviour, theft and criminal damage.
- A GMP spokesman said the crime falls under the common assault category, a conviction for which could lead up to five years in jail.
noun ˈkɒmənˈkɑmən 1A piece of open land for public use. （尤指村镇的）公地 we spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers Example sentencesExamples - This statement of aims, if adopted, will greatly enhance the appeal of the commons for the public, while at the same time protecting and expanding the flora and fauna that inhabit these public open spaces.
- The general parceling out led to the disappearance of the commons when the land not divided among landowners was given to the crown.
- The various reactions to the perceived enclosure of the commons summarized above come at the problem from different angles.
- Maybe it is time that the Council reviewed the laws that govern our parks and commons.
- In Lincolnshire people opposing encroachments on rights of commons emphasized the law of the land as the basis of their claim.
- The council is responsible for maintaining more than 100 parks, open spaces, commons and woodlands which attract around five million visitors a year.
- In fact, it is a business that in our view involves people in businesses being able to make a private profit from an activity conducted on, and in, the public commons.
- Some things would be free, such as fruit from trees planted on the commons.
- Therefore, George advocated allowing landowners to keep a small percentage of the land rent, mainly to avoid the prospect of having all unimproved land revert to the commons.
- It says the council's primary role is to maintain the commons as a public amenity, rather than restore the area as a heathland habitat.
- Whenever the local lairds tried to graze their beasts on the Selkirk commons hundreds of folk would turn out to drive them off.
- The actuality is a privatisation of the commons.
- Miller was tacitly in favour of the open landscape, if his vivid and often sentimental descriptions of the surrounding open fields, commons and wastes are anything to go by.
- Many of the parks and commons have Management Groups made up of local users.
- If you open up the commons for everyone to graze their sheep, one person is going to go get their whole flock.
- Regan said: ‘Men are often robbed and attacked while using London's parks and commons.’
- There were, though, efforts to assert property rights within the commons and, apparently, to remove some trees from the commons.
- It will be designed to protect its amenities and preserve its open nature as a public common.
- It is about allocating space on the commons or in public areas.
- When we were living in wagons on the commons we had a bullet come through a windscreen.
2British informal Common sense. 〈英，非正式〉常识 Example sentencesExamples - It comes down to being sage, and using a bit of common, really.
- Have a bit of common.
Synonyms good sense, sense, sensibleness, native wit, native intelligence, mother wit, wit, judgement, sound judgement, level-headedness, prudence, discernment, acumen, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, canniness, astuteness, shrewdness, judiciousness, wisdom, insight, intuition, intuitiveness, perceptiveness, perspicacity, vision, understanding, intelligence, reason, powers of reasoning 3(in the Christian Church) a form of service used for each of a group of occasions. （基督教教会适用于各种场合的）普通礼拜 4English Law
A person's right over another's land, e.g. for pasturage or mineral extraction. 〔英格兰律〕（对他人土地的）共同使用（或收益）权 Example sentencesExamples - We can assume that in Ireland and the Welsh Marches, the indigenous inhabitants found it exceptionally difficult to assert their customary rights of common in the waste in a conquest situation.
- The Forest's designation as a National Park will not affect the rights of common, the New Forest Acts or the role of the verderers, who manage the commoning system.
- It should follow also that the beneficiaries of the 1877 trust were also those (both present and future) who would have been entitled to the rights of common.
- Section 1 provides that, ‘There shall be registered… land… which is common land or a town or village green ’, and rights of common over such land.
Phrases1A system of money shared by two or more countries. Example sentencesExamples - Both leaders noted their now common currency, the euro.
- The decision at Maastricht to adopt a common currency was momentous.
- A common currency removes a significant barrier to free competition across national borders.
- You have to make them all match up to a common currency.
- The euro became the common currency unit for 304 million Europeans.
- In West Africa, leaders have set a new target date for the introduction of a common currency.
- I should be happy to see a common currency.
- The first time the British specifically approached the question of joining a common currency was in 1979.
- The mere creation of a common currency does not provide the basis for the harmonious development of economic life across the continent.
- In a monetary union the participating countries have either entirely fixed exchange rates or a common currency.
2Something shared by different groups. a shared humanity is the common currency Example sentencesExamples - At the hub is the hairdresser, doing what they love, surrounded by their friends in a world where compliments are common currency.
- A generation later this reproach no longer had any common currency.
- Celebrities are also common currency in our socially fractured world.
- The idea that many people making small changes can bring major shifts is now common currency.
- Images of all imaginable sorts are the common currency of the internet-connected business place.
- Also sports is a common currency of casual conversation for many people in the U.S., especially men.
- In an arena like this, full of intelligent storytellers, ideas seem to be a common currency.
- Given the limitations of all terminologies in common currency there is a difficulty about how best to proceed.
- Coincidentally, that sort of language is common currency in Middle East conflict.
- The esthetic issues that uniquely fascinated Daniel Spoerri four decades ago are today common currency.
What is usually done; accepted procedure. it is nowadays common form to acknowledge Pound's generosity to other writers Example sentencesExamples - The hitherto unformulated idea of a profession of journalism takes shape in clauses which assume what was then becoming common form.
- It was common form to act friendly with a hidden agenda - so common that it wasn't even considered a bad thing.
- As the will has already been proved in common form, Miss Borden would have to commence a probate action to challenge it.
The benefit or interests of all. 公益 it is time our elected officials stood up for the common good 该是我们选出的公务员们维护公益的时候了。 Example sentencesExamples - She felt, in the interest of the common good, the area should be retained as a green area.
- If I desire the common good, it is for the benefit of my religion or my country or my republic.
- At present they are making too many sacrifices for the common good.
- We must show our commitment to the common good, which is bigger than any person or any party.
- Any such move would be ‘in the interests of the common good of the local community’.
- I view our relationship as one of strong allies and friends working together for the common good.
- We have to remember that fundamental social problems grow out of a lack of commitment to the common good.
- Laws protecting the common good are now running to catch up with private interest.
- A country is a group of people who have realised they have enough in common to band together for the common good.
- Mr Mahon noted that the trustees of the site put the common good to the forefront and promised them a development they could be proud of.
Opinions or interests shared by each of two or more parties. artists from different cultural backgrounds found common ground 有着不同文化背景的艺术家们找到了共同基础。 Example sentencesExamples - It assumes a multiplicity of class views, not just one class view though there may be much common ground.
- I'm only on the first chapter, but it's interesting how much common ground we have.
- The common ground we all share is our concern for the well-being of the children in our care.
- Shadia smiled at the two, glad that they had found some common ground on which to grow a friendship.
- White and Robeson share further common ground in that both have played Othello.
- What's interesting is that all these women can read the same magazine and find some common ground.
- The common ground between the three parties is one of democratic reform.
- They show what could be achieved when organisations share their objectives and find common ground.
- In the main you can usually find common ground with people and establish a decent relationship.
- Let me report just a little bit about some common ground that has begun to emerge in my hometown.
Something known by most people. 大多数人都知道的事，众所周知之事；常识 it's common knowledge that no one has yet found a cure for cancer Example sentencesExamples - These facts are common knowledge among Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
- This would create the impression that the lie was in fact common knowledge across the state.
- It was common knowledge among the staff that Emma had an insane crush on Ben.
- Contrary to common knowledge Bruce is actually a very nice and accommodating rock star!
- Shortly after the incident became common knowledge at the program, she ran away.
- He was adopted by his uncle and that's about the extent of his personal life that is common knowledge.
- It's not the place of this blog to reveal aspects about the lives of current, former or old friends that they may not wish to be common knowledge.
- Broccoli and almonds are chock full of calcium, but this does not seem to be common knowledge.
- This is hardly a revelation - his name is on the House of Commons website and his job common knowledge.
- When she was given bail, her family expressed concern that if her bail address became common knowledge she could be attacked.
informal Of the usual or ordinary type. 通俗的；最常见的 a common or garden family saloon car Example sentencesExamples - The owner, Ian Schrager, describes the hotel as a ‘boutique’ in order to delineate his establishment from the other common or garden luxury hotels.
- Can you not be trusted to make these decisions that everyday, common or garden human beings make?
- My wife asked for cheese and biscuits for £3.85, and this wasn't your common or garden cheddar or Brie.
- Thinking he had common or garden flu, his family dosed him with aspirin and tucked him up in bed.
- However for the majority of mobile phone users, the common or garden variety of telephone handset that is available from any good electrical retailer will do just as well.
- Let's start with the common or garden variety of discrimination that happens in our school and workplaces, even on our sporting fields - bullying.
- As has been uttered a thousand times it is not your common or garden Scottish golf course.
- Simply take one common or garden, household bucket - clean.
- I mean, are these common or garden mildly psychotic impulses, or are they going to progress?
- If you feel that the red varieties are a bit common or garden, choose Peach Melba, which has bright yellow flowers blotched with red.
Synonyms ordinary, run-of-the-mill, middle-of-the-road, mainstream, unremarkable, unexceptional, undistinguished, uninspired, unexciting, unmemorable, forgettable, indifferent, average, so-so, mediocre, pedestrian, prosaic, lacklustre, dull, bland, uninteresting, mundane, everyday, quotidian, humdrum, hackneyed, trite, banal, clichéd, predictable, overused, overdone, overworked, stale, worn out, time-worn, tired, unoriginal, derivative
1A thing or things held jointly. 共同财产；公共财产 the atmosphere is the common property of every nation on earth Example sentencesExamples - Fisheries and common land grazing are overexploited because they are either common property, or open access, owned by all.
- Most grievous was the damage done when governments took over common property, causing the breakdown of sophisticated community-based regulations and institutions.
- Shorelines, beaches, river bottoms, and navigable water - whether in the sea or flowing to it - were the common property of the nation's citizens.
- Under what conditions do people engage actively in building rights to common property and by so doing increase biodiversity?
- The English incorporated Roman concepts of common property and public rights into both the Magna Charta and the English common law.
- Last, this budget would be allocated amongst the world's nations on the basis of their populations - in recognition of the atmosphere being the common property of all humankind, to which every person has an equal right.
- It remains part of the atmosphere, and falls partly into areas of common property, and partly into areas of national sovereignty.
- A 1967 United Nations resolution deems the universe and all heavenly bodies therein as ‘our common property which cannot be made national property’.
- He also explores the circumstances in which the privatization of previously common property might be feasible and legitimate.
- He wants to see the women's cooperative, which has already built a greenhouse on common property, succeed in selling their vegetables.
- 1.1Something known by most people.
大多数人都知道的事，众所周知之事；常识 the general theory of climate change has now become common property Example sentencesExamples - The intellectual creations of individual nations become common property.
- In making its collections and knowledge about them common property, a museum like the British Museum realises its value.
- As the Times long ago put it, this duty is to obtain the earliest and most correct intelligence of the time, and instantly, by disclosing it, to make it the common property of the nation. comment is free, facts are sacred.
- Powerful passages that keen minds have written, have become the common property of humankind, and have lived on for generations, to inspire, to provoke, to encourage, to stimulate, and of course, to question.
- By the 1790s, the story was ‘common property,’ and ‘anyone was at liberty to add new items of fact.’
- Countries should create domestic laws that protect indigenous knowledge as the common property of the people, and as a national heritage.
- In the aftermath of Clark's reconstruction of the intellectual universe of demonology we can see that most authors were taking positions within an extended debate, whose subject matter and arguments were more or less common property.
A theme or characteristic found in various stories or situations. a common thread through most of the stories is the support from the family Example sentencesExamples - A lack of accountability to the people is the common thread between them.
- A common thread across all 3 cities was disproportionate praise.
- The blatant lack of cooperation only complicated the inexperienced Cabinet's ability to devise a common thread of economic policymaking.
- Families are working with investigators to find any common threads in the women's lives.
- The common thread in most of the cases: bioscience gone evil.
- History is whole - he is unable to excommunicate himself from the common thread.
- Civil rights groups are still searching for a common thread to unite progressives in a struggle for racial justice.
- Stories from all kinds of different cultures have common threads running through them.
- We found a focus where we identified common threads.
- I don't find any scriptural authority for finding common thread.
The ability to get on with or appeal to ordinary people. 平易近人的能力；与普通人相处（或打动普通人）的能力 he was an intimate of Lord Beaverbrook yet kept the common touch Example sentencesExamples - If the Party is to have universal appeal, and to win back the floating vote, (desperate to find a straw to cling to), we need someone with the common touch.
- He was one of those unique people who became very successful but never lost the common touch.
- Made-for-media photo ops are the aim of this game, but politicians long ago lost the common touch, the ability to relate to everyday people.
- He is a wooden, boring, uninspiring, unconvincing orator, who completely lacked the common touch or any real ability to communicate with voters.
- She is, it said, the ‘darling of the Edinburgh chattering classes’ and, as such, ‘may lack the common touch which is needed to attain truly mass appeal’.
- He has that common touch that many politicians lack.
- Unlike some religious and other leaders, the late pontiff never lost the common touch - a quality which distinguishes great leaders from poor ones.
- Mick Hurley was held in genuinely high esteem by his work colleagues, being noted as a considerate and approachable man who had the gift of the common touch.
- Another millionaire playboy - Forbes put his personal wealth at $225 million - still has the common touch.
- All were undoubtedly taken by the President's amiable nature and her remarkable ability for the common touch among young and old alike.
Have a specified amount or degree of shared interests or characteristics. 有共同之处（或兴趣、特征） they had one thing in common, an obsession with rock and roll Example sentencesExamples - However, tubers and rhizomes have several characteristics in common.
- Although drawn from different sectors, they have a surprising amount in common that sets them apart from the simply ‘very good‘.
- Older employees, having interests in common, formed one group, and the younger employees formed another.
- To our contemporary ears this list is quite various; it is hard to think that they all have any interesting characteristics in common.
- Although these microorganisms have diverse taxonomic classifications, they do have several characteristics in common.
- At the two extremities of our continent, the Bulgarian and French peoples share common values and have many features in common.
- Valerie added: ‘It helps that we both play as it means we have interests in common to share.’
- We have tons in common, share a rather twisted sense of humor, and just get on so well together.
- What soon emerges is that these two women have an eerie amount in common.
- Although leadership styles vary, depending upon the situation, all good leaders have certain characteristics in common.
1In joint use or possession; shared. 共用；共有，公有 a sect that had wives in common 共妻的教派。 Example sentencesExamples - We didn't share many friends in common, just some very distant acquaintances.
- A couple of weeks ago two writers with seemingly very little in common happened to meet.
- The one thing they held in common was a singular interest in the top end of the game, and not our guild.
- For many years, Mrs Murphy was an asthmatic and that gave us something else in common.
- One thing maybe we do share in common, coming from our part of the world, is individuality.
- In its simplest sense, the word community implies people with something in common.
- I will make no assumptions that friends with things in common will get on with each other.
- During the months and years that followed, Edwina and I discovered many interests in common.
- We loose sight of the fact that we are all human with far more in common than we sometimes care to acknowledge.
- They share something in common - all of them are best friends and all of them keep blogs.
- 1.1Held or owned by two or more people each having undivided possession but with distinct, separately transferable interests.
〔律〕共有 Example sentencesExamples - Bearing this in mind, we now look at joint tenancies and tenancies in common.
- The property is to be taken in the joint names of himself and his wife. They will be tenants in common.
- The parties are clearly involved in business with a view to profit, but was there is an agreement between the corporations to carry on business in common?
- If you own it as tenants in common, you can stipulate what share each party owns.
- They should arrange to own the house as tenants in common, rather than as joint tenants.
In the same way as. 与…一样，与…相同 in common with other officers I had to undertake guard duties 和其他军官一样，我不得不承担警戒任务。 Example sentencesExamples - Seems I've run out of things to say about events in the Middle East, in common with most people it would appear.
- The Chinese, in common with many other cultures, like to send the corpse on its way with gifts placed in the coffin.
- Kennet District Council, in common with other councils, was given a housing allocation.
- The government is expected to turn to the right - in common with much of Europe.
- The organization, in common with other train companies, is often the subject of bad press.
- Tomato leaves, in common with most higher plants, use sucrose as the major form of transported carbon.
- Suddenly, in common with the other black-shirted forwards, he looked exhausted.
- HIV is here to stay, and in common with every other virus in the world, we've no idea how to even begin curing it.
- It used to be called Beowulf Crescent but the name was changed years ago, in common with many other streets in York.
- I must admit, in common with Britney, I've never felt sexy in any of my clothes.
Rarely occurring; unusual. 〈英〉不平常的；非同寻常的 it is odd, yes, but not so out of the common Example sentencesExamples - She was never at a loss for words out of the common, and an increasing deafness made her find talking easier than listening.
- I am sure it was something quite out of the common.
- But I couldn't let her go with the knowledge that something out of the common was happening.
- Something out of the common was happening but I felt the need to stop it anyway.
- Nothing sharpens the wits so much as a passion out of the common.
Synonyms unusual, uncommon, atypical, untypical, non-typical, unrepresentative, rare, isolated, irregular, anomalous, deviant, deviating, divergent, wayward, aberrant, freak, freakish
Derivativesnoun ˈkɒmənnəsˈkɑmənˌnəs The very commonness of assumed aliases in the data suggests that taking on a new identity was not difficult in a nation of people increasingly ‘on the move.’ Example sentencesExamples - Despite the apparent commonness of blonde hair, which accounts for a third of British women, Tobin said only about 3% were naturally blonde.
- WordCount presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness.
- The commonness of shrub thickets on abandoned fields thus may reflect their nearly ubiquitous seed sources and good establishment ability.
- She'd had this disagreement many times with Andy, and he'd always trumped her with what he called her pretensions to commonness.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French comun (adjective), from Latin communis. Definition of common in US English: commonadjectiveˈkɑmənˈkämən 1Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent. 一般的；常见的；通常的，日常的；普遍的 salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings 盐和胡椒粉是两种最常用的调味品。 it's common for children to have middle ear infections Example sentencesExamples - ‘Can't somebody do something about all this?’ was the common refrain.
- Upper respiratory infections are common at this time of year so try to tighten up on hygiene.
- Wooden houses are common along the Caspian coast.
- Recurrent symptoms were particularly common in younger patients.
- Late financial statements, reports or tax returns are the most common occurrences.
- Stories like these have become increasingly common on college campuses.
- In some countries, especially developing countries, certain diseases are common among the people.
- We have taken advice from the contractors who advise there is no need to put signs up and this is common practice for public places.
- Serious health problems are more common than people think.
- Reports indicate that it is common practice to lock students inside dormitories at night.
- The idea that if it's legal then it must be safe is a very common misconception.
- When children fight, it is common for a general sense of tension to spread throughout the group.
- Depression is common in older adults, including those with Alzheimer's disease, and is often untreated.
- In rural areas, it is common for three or more generations to live in the same household.
- In the past it was common to find quite different spellings for the same locality.
- It is fairly common for university students, either during or after their education, to go abroad to teach.
- Today it is common to see men taking care of their children in public.
- Anemia is a very common cause of fatigue.
- On the radio they are saying the gale-force winds we've had today are common for this time of year.
- Contact with hot items, chemicals or electricity are also fairly common causes of the burn injury.
- However, the affordability of healthy food is difficult for the common masses.
Synonyms usual, ordinary, customary, habitual, familiar, regular, frequent, repeated, recurrent, routine, everyday, daily, day-to-day, quotidian, standard, typical widespread, general, universal, popular, mainstream, prevalent, prevailing, rife, established, well established, conventional, traditional, traditionalist, orthodox, accepted - 1.1 (of an animal or plant) found or living in relatively large numbers; not rare.
（动植物）常见的；多见的 Example sentencesExamples - No experience is needed, although you need to be able to identify common trees and shrubs.
- Three types of sharks are common in the area: the sand tiger shark, bull shark and scalloped hammerhead.
- On the M40 they have replaced the kestrel as the common bird of prey.
- Grouse are common birds in Ontario forests and are one of the tastiest as well.
- The sighting of the black neck crane and several other rare and common birds in the area kept my spirit and interest buoyant.
- Grouse, ravens and buzzards may be seen, and red deer are common.
- A fairly common species all over India, the barn owls have adapted well to our cities.
- This large and beautiful shrub is so common in Alabama that we forget what a regional specialty it is.
- One thing he's learned is that common weeds can treat everything from stomach aches to open wounds.
- Another diver in the party spotted a John Dory, and these appear to be quite common in the area.
- Rats were very common in towns and cities and lead to the Black Death of 1348 to 1349.
- Acorns come from oak trees, which were a very common tree in Medieval England.
- One thing is certain the once common cuckoo is now very rare indeed.
- Rose, gladiolus, carnation and dahlia are some of the common flowers that are in style with customers.
- Turtles are common, and the reef is packed with octopuses.
- My parents always had feeders up, so I knew what all the common birds were when I was relatively small.
- The common weed Hypericum perforatum or St John's wort is an altogether friendlier type of plant.
- Given that my horticultural expertise is limited to identifying about a dozen of the more common flowers, it's a curious choice.
- Priority species such as the song thrush, ring plover and reed bunting birds are now common there.
- Crab spiders are common and occur in fairly high numbers on most crops and garden plants.
- 1.2 Denoting the most widespread or typical species of an animal or plant.
（动植物种类）分布最为广泛的；最典型的 Example sentencesExamples - We here in the East are limited to the common crow, blue jay and, in the western part of our state, to the raven.
- The common wolf spider has no web, but the female is a gentle parent who encases her eggs in a silken bundle which she carries wherever she goes.
- On a warm summer day, a number of butterfly species can be seen on the reserve including common blue, green veined white and meadow brown.
- The common mouse spider appears to be similar to the funnel web and responds to funnel web antivenom.
- While the common oak tree tends to have a broad frame, the pin oak has a more slender frame with a graceful framework of branchlets.
- Is this the start of some evolutionary change, where ducks replace the common pigeon?
- The Marsh Frog is a bit like the common frog but greener and its head is more pointed.
- The common fly already knows its way, in and out of the fly-bottle, and anywhere else it wants to go.
- As black-headed and common gulls tend to feed on farmland, it seems likely that farmland is the origin of the outbreak.
- In my garden I am happily growing the common primrose, cultivated cowslips, and primulas.
- 1.3 Ordinary; of ordinary qualities; without special rank or position.
普通的，平凡的；平民的；无特殊级别（或地位）的 the dwellings of common people 平民住宅。 普通士兵。 Example sentencesExamples - Should the poet suppress or remove subtleties of thought that are over the head of the common reader?
- Yet, because the common mass of humanity was so far beneath him, he had nothing but contempt for it.
- He is Prime Minister, and therefore has a duty to rise above the ordinary concerns, fears and prejudices of the common man.
- The translation of the whole Bible into English for the common people began only with John Wycliffe.
- She is divided between the class system; she is both an educated reader and a common worker.
- Their members came from the ranks of the common people, and their worship was personal and full of emotion.
- Alert to the yearnings of the common man, they knew their security of position depended utterly on restraining the horde.
- Because it is difficult work then - not anyone of the rest of us normal common folks can understand Law.
- It was clear from their dress that this was no common day.
- The bad news is that there will inevitably be job losses in the hundreds, if not thousands, among the ranks of common bank workers.
- Despite their variety, some of the better memoirs come from the perspective of the common soldier.
- It is, in a way, the only menace with multiple potentials to perturb the normal life of the common man.
- We still think that we produce really high-quality product, but we also produce enough of it and cheap enough that common people can afford it.
- Instead, in the supposed century of the common man, the poor man's king largely disappears from serious history.
- Why isn't there a diet for the common folks who want results fast?
- Life in the city for the common people is a relentless struggle to keep out of trouble and keep your head above water.
Synonyms ordinary, normal, typical, average, unexceptional, run-of-the-mill, plain, simple - 1.4 (of a quality) of a sort or level to be generally expected.
（品质）起码的 起码的体面。 Example sentencesExamples - She replied bluntly, not bothering with the common courtesy Elizabeth expected.
- It is unfair to employers, too, whose interests are not overriding but are nonetheless owed common honesty.
- They depend upon the social concern and common decency of ordinary people.
- Colin suggested that Mr Kenny consider sending him on a ‘crash course for basic manners and common courtesy.’
- Gordon Brown will get a lot more respect by forgetting the flags and getting on with a more familiar agenda of common decency.
- For them, common decency has no place in a fight for their cause.
Synonyms general, collective, non-specific, inclusive, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, broad, comprehensive, blanket, umbrella, sweeping, universal, cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary - 1.5 Of the most familiar type.
通俗的；最常见的 the common or vernacular name 通俗的或是本地的名字。 Example sentencesExamples - I am not for the word becoming part of the common, everyday vernacular, but it still is.
- Some complained that they found memorizing the scientific names and common names of 48 crops difficult for a freshman level class.
- The box shows what other entries there are, and how the botanical species relate to common names.
- Chances are that you found the sentence confusing, even though all the words are common and familiar.
- Dioxin is the common name used to refer to the chemical tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or TCDD.
- In fats the alcohol is glycerol, more familiar under its common name of glycerine.
Synonyms familiar, widely known, popular, usual, everyday, customary, conventional, established
2Shared by, coming from, or done by more than one. 公共的；共同的；共为的 the two republics' common border 这两个共和国的公共边界。 problems common to both communities 两个社区共同的问题。 Example sentencesExamples - All three are human systems and all three share characteristics common to human systems.
- This can only be possible if there are entry and exit points recognised by countries sharing common borders.
- The Philippines lacks a common language and about eighty languages and dialects are spoken in the islands.
- Most boys my age I found to be a total mystery, and I could find little common interest.
- This type of moral narrative appears to have been common to Near Eastern civilizations.
- Brazil shares common borders with 10 other countries in South America.
- The similarity exists but is not likely to be an indication of common ancestry.
- I wanted to run with the pack of cousins and friends in the common yard that connected all our properties.
- In civil cases, experts are now invited to work out common positions and identify areas of disagreement before they go into court.
- Finding a common enemy is the simplest way to unite a people.
- I regret that in our own country there has been a lamentable lack of interest in our common European inheritance.
- One problem which is also common to other isolated islands is a shortage of cold fresh water.
- But the problem is the lack of common agreement on just what the governments do regard as terrorism.
- Thus we can say there is empirical support for the existence of the last common ancestor.
- He seemed to me to be really old, but even in death to be lacking in that common frailty I tended to view all the elderly as possessing.
- A common thread through most of the stories is the support from the family.
- Now, I'd probably get bored by our lack of common interests and go out with a librarian instead.
- The European Union is supposed to have a common foreign policy.
- In the event of an imminent threat of war, the two parties would take a common defense position.
- The partnership reflects our common heritage and position in Bradford.
Synonyms collective, communal, community, public, popular, general - 2.1 Belonging to, open to, or affecting the whole of a community or the public.
（社区，公众）共有的；公共的，公用的；共受影响的 公地。 Example sentencesExamples - From this perspective, culture is seen as the lifeline of communities with a common tradition.
- There were no community initiatives to develop common properties.
- Residents who flocked to a public meeting on giving common status to land at Lowercroft dug deep into their pockets to swell a legal fighting fund.
- There would still be a public institutional complex ruling authoritatively on the common affairs of the community.
- In fact, these bikers are committing offences of driving on common land and causing a public nuisance, which can both carry up to six months in prison.
- George offered a principle for distinguishing individual rights from common rights.
- If we really want to create a common culture, we need to ask the awkward questions of what our society believes in and be prepared to fight for hearts and minds.
- This is surely appropriate for common land which should be for the use of all the community, not just a minority of car-owning commuters.
- Not a nation founded on race but on a common culture, respects and language.
- On the tenth it was decreed that all common lands might be redistributed among inhabitants of the communities where they were situated.
- They are wilfully ignoring the vital creative role of the public domain in reinvigorating our common culture.
- The first measures to divide the common lands among local communities were taken in the late 1780s.
Synonyms collective, communal, community, public, popular, general - 2.2Mathematics Belonging to two or more quantities.
〔数〕公共的 Example sentencesExamples - Two quantities are considered correlated when they are affected by a common quantity.
- In fact, there will not be a Fibonacci number as a common factor between two neighbouring Fibonacci's for the same reason.
- I don't know how to do the least common multiple and the least common denominator.
- Two positive integers always have a greatest common divisor, even if they have only one common divisor, 1.
- Euclid's Elements is full of algorithms for geometry, including one to find the greatest common divisor of two numbers.
3British Showing a lack of taste and refinement; vulgar. 庸俗的；低级的；粗俗的 Example sentencesExamples - Then, from our comfortable seats, we raised a glass at the ranks of common buses.
- Any more of those f-words and God forbid they might start thinking about letting rough common children into these private tennis clubs.
- Oh, nothing would surprise them when it came to that common little harlot.
- Bryan was a vulgar and common man, a cad undiluted.
- Cliff is just too common to be accepted into a world dominated by the likes of long-standing regional bowls champion Ray Smith.
- Smoking is also quite tacky, it makes you look cheap and common.
- Tales of playing bridge and how dreadfully common the South of France has become for holidays conclude with the observation that ‘scientists are the new rock and roll stars’.
- They don't look any different from regular clerks or salesmen, with their plain clothes and common haircuts.
- It's almost as common and vulgar as chewing gum while you're serving customers.
- These days, however, Labour ministers probably make tycoons feel positively common.
Synonyms uncouth, vulgar, coarse, rough, unsavoury, boorish, rude, impolite, ill-mannered, unladylike, ungentlemanly, ill-bred, uncivilized, unsophisticated, unrefined, philistine, primitive, savage, brutish, oafish, gross 4Grammar
(in Latin and certain other languages) of or denoting a gender of nouns that are conventionally regarded as masculine or feminine, contrasting with neuter. （拉丁语、荷兰语和某些其他语言）（名词）阳性或阴性的，非中性的 - 4.1 (in English) denoting a noun that refers to individuals of either sex (e.g. teacher).
（英语）（名词）通性的（如teacher）
5Prosody
(of a syllable) able to be either short or long. 〔诗韵〕（音节）长短共通的 6Law
(of a crime) of relatively minor importance. 〔律〕（罪行）普通的；轻度的 普通企图伤害罪。 Example sentencesExamples - A life is precious, and unlike a common theft, once taken, it can never be given back.
- The exceptional categories plainly apply to offences more serious than common assault, but no court has ever decided how far they go.
- A GMP spokesman said the crime falls under the common assault category, a conviction for which could lead up to five years in jail.
- He was charged with affray and common assault rather than violent disorder and was jailed for six months.
- Tring admitted a series of offences, including common assault, threatening behaviour, theft and criminal damage.
nounˈkɑmənˈkämən 1A piece of open land for public use, especially in a village or town. （尤指村镇的）公地 Example sentencesExamples - If you open up the commons for everyone to graze their sheep, one person is going to go get their whole flock.
- It will be designed to protect its amenities and preserve its open nature as a public common.
- Therefore, George advocated allowing landowners to keep a small percentage of the land rent, mainly to avoid the prospect of having all unimproved land revert to the commons.
- This statement of aims, if adopted, will greatly enhance the appeal of the commons for the public, while at the same time protecting and expanding the flora and fauna that inhabit these public open spaces.
- The council is responsible for maintaining more than 100 parks, open spaces, commons and woodlands which attract around five million visitors a year.
- There were, though, efforts to assert property rights within the commons and, apparently, to remove some trees from the commons.
- It says the council's primary role is to maintain the commons as a public amenity, rather than restore the area as a heathland habitat.
- In fact, it is a business that in our view involves people in businesses being able to make a private profit from an activity conducted on, and in, the public commons.
- Miller was tacitly in favour of the open landscape, if his vivid and often sentimental descriptions of the surrounding open fields, commons and wastes are anything to go by.
- The general parceling out led to the disappearance of the commons when the land not divided among landowners was given to the crown.
- Maybe it is time that the Council reviewed the laws that govern our parks and commons.
- The various reactions to the perceived enclosure of the commons summarized above come at the problem from different angles.
- Many of the parks and commons have Management Groups made up of local users.
- Some things would be free, such as fruit from trees planted on the commons.
- Regan said: ‘Men are often robbed and attacked while using London's parks and commons.’
- In Lincolnshire people opposing encroachments on rights of commons emphasized the law of the land as the basis of their claim.
- It is about allocating space on the commons or in public areas.
- When we were living in wagons on the commons we had a bullet come through a windscreen.
- The actuality is a privatisation of the commons.
- Whenever the local lairds tried to graze their beasts on the Selkirk commons hundreds of folk would turn out to drive them off.
2(in the Christian Church) a form of service used for each of a group of occasions. （基督教教会适用于各种场合的）普通礼拜
PhrasesThe benefit or interests of all. 公益 it is time our elected officials stood up for the common good 该是我们选出的公务员们维护公益的时候了。 Example sentencesExamples - Laws protecting the common good are now running to catch up with private interest.
- If I desire the common good, it is for the benefit of my religion or my country or my republic.
- Any such move would be ‘in the interests of the common good of the local community’.
- She felt, in the interest of the common good, the area should be retained as a green area.
- Mr Mahon noted that the trustees of the site put the common good to the forefront and promised them a development they could be proud of.
- We must show our commitment to the common good, which is bigger than any person or any party.
- At present they are making too many sacrifices for the common good.
- A country is a group of people who have realised they have enough in common to band together for the common good.
- I view our relationship as one of strong allies and friends working together for the common good.
- We have to remember that fundamental social problems grow out of a lack of commitment to the common good.
Opinions or interests shared by each of two or more parties. artists from different cultural backgrounds found common ground 有着不同文化背景的艺术家们找到了共同基础。 Example sentencesExamples - It assumes a multiplicity of class views, not just one class view though there may be much common ground.
- Shadia smiled at the two, glad that they had found some common ground on which to grow a friendship.
- The common ground between the three parties is one of democratic reform.
- What's interesting is that all these women can read the same magazine and find some common ground.
- I'm only on the first chapter, but it's interesting how much common ground we have.
- They show what could be achieved when organisations share their objectives and find common ground.
- White and Robeson share further common ground in that both have played Othello.
- The common ground we all share is our concern for the well-being of the children in our care.
- In the main you can usually find common ground with people and establish a decent relationship.
- Let me report just a little bit about some common ground that has begun to emerge in my hometown.
Something known by most people. 大多数人都知道的事，众所周知之事；常识 Example sentencesExamples - Broccoli and almonds are chock full of calcium, but this does not seem to be common knowledge.
- Contrary to common knowledge Bruce is actually a very nice and accommodating rock star!
- This would create the impression that the lie was in fact common knowledge across the state.
- It's not the place of this blog to reveal aspects about the lives of current, former or old friends that they may not wish to be common knowledge.
- It was common knowledge among the staff that Emma had an insane crush on Ben.
- He was adopted by his uncle and that's about the extent of his personal life that is common knowledge.
- These facts are common knowledge among Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
- When she was given bail, her family expressed concern that if her bail address became common knowledge she could be attacked.
- Shortly after the incident became common knowledge at the program, she ran away.
- This is hardly a revelation - his name is on the House of Commons website and his job common knowledge.
informal Of the usual or ordinary type. 通俗的；最常见的 a yak is your basic common or garden cow, only bigger, hairier, and wilder Example sentencesExamples - As has been uttered a thousand times it is not your common or garden Scottish golf course.
- Can you not be trusted to make these decisions that everyday, common or garden human beings make?
- My wife asked for cheese and biscuits for £3.85, and this wasn't your common or garden cheddar or Brie.
- The owner, Ian Schrager, describes the hotel as a ‘boutique’ in order to delineate his establishment from the other common or garden luxury hotels.
- If you feel that the red varieties are a bit common or garden, choose Peach Melba, which has bright yellow flowers blotched with red.
- Let's start with the common or garden variety of discrimination that happens in our school and workplaces, even on our sporting fields - bullying.
- I mean, are these common or garden mildly psychotic impulses, or are they going to progress?
- However for the majority of mobile phone users, the common or garden variety of telephone handset that is available from any good electrical retailer will do just as well.
- Simply take one common or garden, household bucket - clean.
- Thinking he had common or garden flu, his family dosed him with aspirin and tucked him up in bed.
Synonyms ordinary, run-of-the-mill, middle-of-the-road, mainstream, unremarkable, unexceptional, undistinguished, uninspired, unexciting, unmemorable, forgettable, indifferent, average, so-so, mediocre, pedestrian, prosaic, lacklustre, dull, bland, uninteresting, mundane, everyday, quotidian, humdrum, hackneyed, trite, banal, clichéd, predictable, overused, overdone, overworked, stale, worn out, time-worn, tired, unoriginal, derivative
1A thing or things held jointly. 共同财产；公共财产 Example sentencesExamples - Under what conditions do people engage actively in building rights to common property and by so doing increase biodiversity?
- He also explores the circumstances in which the privatization of previously common property might be feasible and legitimate.
- He wants to see the women's cooperative, which has already built a greenhouse on common property, succeed in selling their vegetables.
- Fisheries and common land grazing are overexploited because they are either common property, or open access, owned by all.
- It remains part of the atmosphere, and falls partly into areas of common property, and partly into areas of national sovereignty.
- Shorelines, beaches, river bottoms, and navigable water - whether in the sea or flowing to it - were the common property of the nation's citizens.
- Last, this budget would be allocated amongst the world's nations on the basis of their populations - in recognition of the atmosphere being the common property of all humankind, to which every person has an equal right.
- Most grievous was the damage done when governments took over common property, causing the breakdown of sophisticated community-based regulations and institutions.
- The English incorporated Roman concepts of common property and public rights into both the Magna Charta and the English common law.
- A 1967 United Nations resolution deems the universe and all heavenly bodies therein as ‘our common property which cannot be made national property’.
- 1.1Something known by most people.
大多数人都知道的事，众所周知之事；常识 Example sentencesExamples - As the Times long ago put it, this duty is to obtain the earliest and most correct intelligence of the time, and instantly, by disclosing it, to make it the common property of the nation. comment is free, facts are sacred.
- Powerful passages that keen minds have written, have become the common property of humankind, and have lived on for generations, to inspire, to provoke, to encourage, to stimulate, and of course, to question.
- Countries should create domestic laws that protect indigenous knowledge as the common property of the people, and as a national heritage.
- The intellectual creations of individual nations become common property.
- By the 1790s, the story was ‘common property,’ and ‘anyone was at liberty to add new items of fact.’
- In making its collections and knowledge about them common property, a museum like the British Museum realises its value.
- In the aftermath of Clark's reconstruction of the intellectual universe of demonology we can see that most authors were taking positions within an extended debate, whose subject matter and arguments were more or less common property.
The ability to get along with or appeal to ordinary people. 平易近人的能力；与普通人相处（或打动普通人）的能力 Example sentencesExamples - He has that common touch that many politicians lack.
- Mick Hurley was held in genuinely high esteem by his work colleagues, being noted as a considerate and approachable man who had the gift of the common touch.
- Made-for-media photo ops are the aim of this game, but politicians long ago lost the common touch, the ability to relate to everyday people.
- He was one of those unique people who became very successful but never lost the common touch.
- Another millionaire playboy - Forbes put his personal wealth at $225 million - still has the common touch.
- All were undoubtedly taken by the President's amiable nature and her remarkable ability for the common touch among young and old alike.
- He is a wooden, boring, uninspiring, unconvincing orator, who completely lacked the common touch or any real ability to communicate with voters.
- Unlike some religious and other leaders, the late pontiff never lost the common touch - a quality which distinguishes great leaders from poor ones.
- She is, it said, the ‘darling of the Edinburgh chattering classes’ and, as such, ‘may lack the common touch which is needed to attain truly mass appeal’.
- If the Party is to have universal appeal, and to win back the floating vote, (desperate to find a straw to cling to), we need someone with the common touch.
1In joint use or possession; shared. 共用；共有，公有 car engines have nothing in common with aircraft engines Example sentencesExamples - They share something in common - all of them are best friends and all of them keep blogs.
- The one thing they held in common was a singular interest in the top end of the game, and not our guild.
- One thing maybe we do share in common, coming from our part of the world, is individuality.
- A couple of weeks ago two writers with seemingly very little in common happened to meet.
- In its simplest sense, the word community implies people with something in common.
- During the months and years that followed, Edwina and I discovered many interests in common.
- For many years, Mrs Murphy was an asthmatic and that gave us something else in common.
- We loose sight of the fact that we are all human with far more in common than we sometimes care to acknowledge.
- We didn't share many friends in common, just some very distant acquaintances.
- I will make no assumptions that friends with things in common will get on with each other.
the two men had little in common 这两个人没什么共同之处。 See also tenancy in common Example sentencesExamples - At the two extremities of our continent, the Bulgarian and French peoples share common values and have many features in common.
- Although leadership styles vary, depending upon the situation, all good leaders have certain characteristics in common.
- What soon emerges is that these two women have an eerie amount in common.
- Older employees, having interests in common, formed one group, and the younger employees formed another.
- Although these microorganisms have diverse taxonomic classifications, they do have several characteristics in common.
- However, tubers and rhizomes have several characteristics in common.
- Although drawn from different sectors, they have a surprising amount in common that sets them apart from the simply ‘very good‘.
- To our contemporary ears this list is quite various; it is hard to think that they all have any interesting characteristics in common.
- Valerie added: ‘It helps that we both play as it means we have interests in common to share.’
- We have tons in common, share a rather twisted sense of humor, and just get on so well together.
In the same way as. 与…一样，与…相同 in common with other officers I had to undertake guard duties 和其他军官一样，我不得不承担警戒任务。 Example sentencesExamples - The Chinese, in common with many other cultures, like to send the corpse on its way with gifts placed in the coffin.
- Suddenly, in common with the other black-shirted forwards, he looked exhausted.
- Kennet District Council, in common with other councils, was given a housing allocation.
- The government is expected to turn to the right - in common with much of Europe.
- The organization, in common with other train companies, is often the subject of bad press.
- Tomato leaves, in common with most higher plants, use sucrose as the major form of transported carbon.
- I must admit, in common with Britney, I've never felt sexy in any of my clothes.
- HIV is here to stay, and in common with every other virus in the world, we've no idea how to even begin curing it.
- Seems I've run out of things to say about events in the Middle East, in common with most people it would appear.
- It used to be called Beowulf Crescent but the name was changed years ago, in common with many other streets in York.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French comun (adjective), from Latin communis. |