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- not unusual; ordinary平常的; 平凡的, 普通的：
unemployment was commonplace in his trade.
在他的行业里, 失业是很平常的。
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- not interesting or original; trite平淡无味的; 无创见的; 平庸的; 陈腐的：
the usual commonplace remarks.
老生常谈。
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- a usual or ordinary thing寻常的事物; 普通的事物：
bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there.
在那里, 轰炸几乎已经成为公众生活中的一件平常事了。
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- a trite saying or topic; a platitude老生常谈; 陈词滥调：
it is a commonplace to talk of the young being alienated.
谈论年轻人移情别恋已是老生常谈。
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- a notable passage in a work copied into a commonplace book备忘札记; 摘录。
派生词
commonplaceness
noun词源
mid 16th cent. （originally common place）： translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos 'general theme'.