词：commonplace

[adj.] ordinary, unexciting, unoriginal

反义词：

[n.] extraordinary, exciting, original

英英释义：happening often or often seen or experienced and so not considered to be special

例句：Spelling errors are commonplace in Donald Trump’s tweets.

同义词辨析：

common: 多用于指物，侧重很常见，不稀奇。

ordinary: 用于物，指每天发生，十分平淡无奇；用于人，指无特别之处，很一般。

commonplace: 强调缺少新意。

general: 语气强于common，侧重大多如此，很少有例外情况。

usual: 指常见常闻和常做的事或举动，强调惯常性。

popular: 指适应大众爱好、需要，为大家所公认或接受。

universal: 与general同义，但语气较强，侧重对每个人或事物都适用，根本没有例外。

搭配：

commonplace adj.

.[搭配]VERBSbe, seem 平凡；似乎平凡 become 变得平凡

regard sth as 认为…很普通:Such 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。

[搭配]ADV.very 非常普通

almost 几近寻常

enough, fairly, quite, rather 十分平常；相当普通:Her situation sounded commonplace enough. 她的情况听起来很一般。

[搭配]PREP.

among/amongst 在…中间很平常:These ideas are commonplace among teenagers. 这些观念在十几岁的人中间很常见。

2）翻译下面的句子：

去国外度假已经变得越来越平常。

Going on a vacation abroad has already becomes more and more commonplace.

（参考翻译：Foreign vacations have become increasingly commonplace. 或 Holidaying abroad has become increasingly commonplace.)

造句：

很多人相信美貌即是优势。无论男女，通过化妆或者是整容让自己看上去好看点越来越普遍了。

背景：

More and more people now believe that being beautiful means having an edge. Not confined to women, using cosmetics or having a plastic surgery to look better is becoming increasingly commonplace.