stereotypical
adjective
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with thequalitiesthatpeopleusuallyexpectof aparticulartypeofpersonor thing,althoughthisideamay bewrong:
Customers aretiredof the stereotypical,fast-talkingsalesperson.顾客们对千篇一律的摇唇鼓舌的推销员已经厌烦透了。
Inspiteofitspredictableplotand stereotypicalcharacters, thebookis a goodread.
- Shebelievesmanygirlsare gettingpoorcareersadvice, whichrestrictsthem to stereotypicalfemalejobs.
- Managers need toleavebehindtheirstereotypicalideasabout women.
- If youthinkof an ITguy, theusualimagethat comes tomindis oneassociatedwith the stereotypical "geek".
- Theimageofpeoplemovingto thecountryas high-income,middle-classcommutersorwealthyretiredpeopleis stereotypical.
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- generalized
- homeliness
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- rife
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- unoriginal
- unostentatiously
- unremarkable
- well trodden
- workaday