run-of-the-mill

英 [ˌrʌn əv ðə ˈmɪl]

美 [ˌrʌn əv ðə ˈmɪl]

adj.  平凡的; 普通的; 乏味的

牛津词典

adj.

• 平凡的；普通的；乏味的
  ordinary, with no special or interesting features

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 普通的;一般的;平凡的;不突出的
  Arun-of-the-millperson or thing is very ordinary, with no special or interesting features.
  1. I was just a very average run-of-the-mill kind of student...
     我只是一个普普通通的学生。
  2. For many they clearly represent an alternative to run-of-the-mill estate cars.
     对于很多人来说，他们显然可以作为一般旅行车的替代品。

英英释义

adj

• not special in any way
  1. run-of-the-mill boxing
  2. your run-of-the-mine college graduate
  3. a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career
  Synonym:run-of-the-minemine rununexceptional

双语例句

• Then I soak it all in the sex, blood, and historical detail that attracts me as a run-of-the-mill cultural citizen.
  我沉浸在充满性，血，历史细节的描述中，它吸引着我这个俗套的文化公民。
• These transactions, which are all settled in the future, are normally a run-of-the-mill part of currency markets.
  正常情况下，此类在未来结算的交易是普普通通的汇市操作。
• Sometimes the ploys work, allowing run-of-the-mill candidates to grab a recruiter's attention and hold it long enough to land a job.
  有时候这些招术很奏效，让普通的应征者抓住了招聘人员的眼球并让吸引力的时间长到足以谋得一职。
• Processed carbohydrates, such as white rice, white flour and your run-of-the-mill pasta, are usually stripped of their most beneficial nutrients.
  加工过的碳水化合物，例如精白米，白面和普通的生面团，通常都除去了最有益的营养成分。
• Bennis has also argued that leaders take a different attitude to failure from run-of-the-mill managers, thinking of it not so much as the end of a phase, but rather the beginning of one imbued with knowledge gained from the failure.
  班尼斯也坚称，领导人和那些寻常的经理人对待失败的态度应该有所不同，甚至不要把失败当做一个阶段的结束，而是把失败当成下一阶段的开始，下一阶段充满着从失败学到的知识。
• Besides the run-of-the-mill morons, there are two factions of morons that are worth special mention.
  除了常见的白痴外，这还有两类特殊的白痴，值得提一下。
• Although both companies yesterday denied any appetite for run-of-the-mill branches and chequeing accounts, they are likely to take advantage of their ability to tap this source of long-term, stable funding.
  虽然这两家公司昨日都表示普通分支行和支票账户没有兴趣，但是它们仍可能利用自身能力的优势，吸引这种长期稳定的资金来源。
• Subtle effects of run-of-the-mill space storms may also wear down key components in electric power grids, making them liable to early failure.
  普通的太空风暴次的细微影响也会磨损电网的关键部分，使它们提早失效。
• What makes them so horrendously different from the run-of-the-mill zombies or "normal" skeletal undead?
  为什么这种生物带来的恐惧与一般的聚尸怪和骷髅完全不同？
• Apparently this is a fairly run-of-the-mill operation.
  很明显这是一个无可挑剔的手术。