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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

common ['kɔmən]
  1. 1. adjective (usual) 常见
    Jones is a common name there.
    琼斯那儿是个常见名字
  2. 2. adjective (shared) 共同
    Our countries share a common frontier.
    我们国家共同边界线
  3. 3. adjective (not special) 普通
    the common man
    普通人
  4. 4. adjective [+person] [ manners] (vulgar) 粗俗
    She's a little common at times.
    有时有点俗气
  5. 5. noun [c] (area) 公用地
    common to
    常见于
    in common use
    常用
    it's common knowledge that...
    大家知道
    for the common good
    为了大家利益
    the idea has become common currency
    观点已是众所周知的了
    common ground
    共同点
    to have sth in common
    [+people] 有某些共同点
  6. 6. noun [things+] 共同的某特征
    to have sth in common with sb/sth
    某人/某物有某共同点
    not to have anything in common (with sb/sth)
    (与某人/某物)没有任何共同点

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

common [ˈkɒmən]
  1. 1. adjective 共同的,集体的统一
    Certain restrictions are often imposed for the common good of inhabitants in an area.
    为了一个地区居民公共利益通常设置一些限制
    Common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community.
    公共用地是留出来社区所有成员使用的。
  2. 2. adjective 普通的,一般的,平凡的
    It was a very common practice in those days.
    那个时候,这是一种惯例
    It is common knowledge that she lives alone.
    大家知道独居
  3. 3. adjective 共有的共享
    Both species have a common ancestor.
    两个物种一个共同祖先
  4. 4. adjective 通常的,常见
    I assure you this is a very common occurrence here.
    我向你保证,这在我们这里是一件很寻常事情
  5. 5. adjective [Linguistics] 日常用语的,惯常语的,俗语
    It is common language now to say it like this.
    现在日常说话这样说。
  6. 6. adjective 平民的大众
    The common people were well treated because they were needed as workers.
    由于需要工人普通人受到良好对待
    The common people in those days suffered greatly.
    那个年代普通老百姓苦难深重
  7. 7. adjective 次的,劣等的低劣
    We decided to use common materials to save money.
    我们为了省钱决定使用次点的材料
  8. 8. adjective [Spoken] [Derogatory] 粗俗的,粗鄙的,庸俗
    They and their friends all spoke with a common accent.
    他们他们的朋友说话语气都很粗俗
  9. 9. adjective 标准的基本的起码
    To steal something of sentimental value shows a total lack of common decency.
    偷盗具有情感价值东西说明这个人连最起码行为准则彻底失去了。
  10. 10. n.[c] [Plural] 公共用地公共场地
    They campaign nationally for the protection of commons, village greens and footpaths.
    他们全国运动宣传保护城市公园乡村绿地人行小径
  11. 11. noun [Person Name] 康芒
  12. 12. noun [Person Name] 科蒙
  13. 13. n.[u] [Catholicism] 天主教弥撒曲中的固定经文曲;(因不同场合需要变更的)普通经文曲;(适用于各种节日的普通礼拜

Collins English-English Dictionary

common ['kɒmən]
  1. 1. adj belonging to or shared by two or more people
    common property
  2. 2. adj belonging to or shared by members of one or more nations or communities; public
    a common culture
  3. 3. adj of ordinary standard; average
    common decency
  4. 4. adj prevailing; widespread
    common opinion
  5. 5. adj widely known or frequently encountered; ordinary
    a common brand of soap
  6. 6. adj widely known and notorious
    a common nuisance
  7. 7. adj [derogatory] considered by the speaker to be low-class, vulgar, or coarse
    a common accent
  8. 8. adj [prenominal] having no special distinction, rank, or status
    the common man
  9. 9. adj [maths] having a specified relationship with a group of numbers or quantities
    common denominator
  10. 10. adj (of a tangent) tangential to two or more circles
  11. 11. adj [prosody] (of a syllable) able to be long or short, or (in nonquantitative verse) stressed or unstressed
  12. 12. adj [grammar] (in certain languages) denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns, esp one that includes both masculine and feminine referents
    Latin sacerdos is common
  13. 13. adj [anatomy] having branches
    the common carotid artery
  14. 14. adj serving more than one function
    the common bile duct
  15. 15. adj [Christianity] of or relating to the common of the Mass or divine office
  16. 16. n [sometimes plural] a tract of open public land, esp one now used as a recreation area
  17. 17. n [law] the right to go onto someone else's property and remove natural products, as by pasturing cattle or fishing (esp in the phrase right of common)
  18. 18. n [Christianity] a form of the proper of the Mass used on festivals that have no special proper of their own
  19. 19. n the ordinary of the Mass
  20. 20. n [Archaic] the ordinary people; the public, esp those undistinguished by rank or title
  21. 21. n See also commons
  22. 22. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French commun, from Latin communis general, universal

Examples

Common sense is not so common.
常识其实并不那么普通。
the common interests of a group
团体的共同利益
common knowledge
常识
a common sight
常见的景色
a common soldier
普通战士,士兵

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