词汇精选：commonplace的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
adj.
平凡的，陈腐的；平庸的，普通的
例句：
It's a mere commonplace thing.
那是件极平常的事。
例句：
Heart transplant operations are becoming fairly commonplace.
心脏移植正在成为相当常见的手术。
n.
司空见惯的事；普通的东西，寻常的事物 [C]
例句：
Earthquakes will have become almost commonplace by this time.
地震在这时候已经变成司空见惯的事。
例句：
Jet travel is now a commonplace.
乘喷气式飞机旅行现在是寻常的事。
老生常谈 [C]
例句：
He uttered a few commonplaces about peace.
他泛泛地谈了几句关于和平的话。
例句：
It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已是陈词滥调了。
二、词义辨析：
common,ordinary,commonplace,general,usual,popular,universal
这些形容词均含有“普通的，普遍的”之意。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。
三、相关短语：
commonplace book
n. 摘录簿
四、参考例句：
Computer failures are commonplace.
电脑死机很常见｡
Computers are now commonplace in primary classrooms.
计算机如今在小学教室里很普遍。
It's a mere commonplace thing.
那是件极平常的事。
Travel by air is commonplace now.
坐飞机旅行现在很平常。
Touch-screen phones have become very commonplace.
触摸屏的手机已经变得非常普遍。
Any added word would have been commonplace and futile.
再说任何话都会是平凡无聊，毫无价值的。
Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance.
不要被它平凡的外表所蒙蔽。
Earthquakes will have become almost commonplace by this time.
地震在这时候已经变成司空见惯的事。
The commonplace is just that light, impalpable, aerial essence.
平凡才是一种要素，轻盈、无形、难以捉摸。
Earthquakes will have become almost commonplace by this time.
地震在这时候已经变成司空见惯的事。
