詞彙精選：commonplace的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
平凡的，陳腐的；平庸的，普通的
例句：
It's a mere commonplace thing.
那是件極平常的事。
例句：
Heart transplant operations are becoming fairly commonplace.
心臟移植正在成爲相當常見的手術。
n.
司空見慣的事；普通的東西，尋常的事物 [C]
例句：
Earthquakes will have become almost commonplace by this time.
地震在這時候已經變成司空見慣的事。
例句：
Jet travel is now a commonplace.
乘噴氣式飛機旅行現在是尋常的事。
老生常談 [C]
例句：
He uttered a few commonplaces about peace.
他泛泛地談了幾句關於和平的話。
例句：
It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
說北愛爾蘭是現代歐洲死氣沉沉的落後地區已是陳詞濫調了。
二、詞義辨析：
common,ordinary,commonplace,general,usual,popular,universal
這些形容詞均含有“普通的，普遍的”之意。common多用於指物，側重很常見，不稀奇。ordinary用於物，指每天發生，十分平淡無奇；用於人，指無特別之處，很一般。commonplace強調缺少新意。general語氣強於common，側重大多如此，很少有例外情況。usual指常見常聞和常做的事或舉動，強調慣常性。popular指適應大衆愛好、需要，爲大家所公認或接受。universal與general同義，但語氣較強，側重對每個人或事物都適用，根本沒有例外。
三、相關短語：
commonplace book
n. 摘錄簿
四、參考例句：
Computer failures are commonplace.
電腦死機很常見｡
Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms.
計算機如今在小學教室裏很普遍。
It's a mere commonplace thing.
那是件極平常的事。
Travel by air is commonplace now.
坐飛機旅行現在很平常。
Touch-screen phones have become very commonplace.
觸摸屏的手機已經變得非常普遍。
Any added word would have been commonplace and futile.
再說任何話都會是平凡無聊，毫無價值的。
Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance.
不要被它平凡的外表所矇蔽。
Earthquakes will have become almost commonplace by this time.
地震在這時候已經變成司空見慣的事。
The commonplace is just that light, impalpable, aerial essence.
平凡才是一種要素，輕盈、無形、難以捉摸。
Earthquakes will have become almost commonplace by this time.
地震在這時候已經變成司空見慣的事。
