done very often, or existing in many places, and therefore not unusual 平凡的;普通的;普遍的 This technology is now commonplace in schools. 这项技术现在在学校很常见。
Extra ExamplesSuch actions were regarded as commonplace during the war. 这样的行为被认为是战争期间常有的事。 These ideas are commonplace among teenagers. 这些观念在十几岁的人中间很常见。 Double agents are quite commonplace in the world of espionage. 双重间谍在间谍世界中很常见。 It is commonplace for soldiers to get very little sleep. 士兵睡得很少,这很平常。 She made things that are now quite commonplace but at the time seemed really exotic. 她做的东西现在很普通,但在当时看起来真的很奇特。 Violent incidents of this kind have become commonplace. 这种暴力事件已很普遍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
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- very
- almost
- enough
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- among
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally common place): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme’.