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

• 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。
• And then there are people like me, run-of-the-mill insomniacs who toss and turn all night, trying to fall asleep.
  还有像我一样的普通失眠症患者，整晚翻来覆去，试图入睡。
• Run-of-the-mill boxing; your run-of-the-mine college graduate; a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career.
  非选拔的拳击赛；你们粗制的大学毕业生；律师生涯中一件平常的小事。
• All I ever wanted was a run-of-the-mill College experience.
  我只想经历下大学生活。
• They gave a run-of-the-mill performance; Many people regretted coming to see it.
  他们的表演很一般，所以许多人后悔前来观看。
• He's definitely your run-of-the-mill senior-year poet.
  他毫无疑问是你普通年长的诗人。
• 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。
• Especially at a time when customers are less and less satisfied with run-of-the-mill products, buyers are becoming aware that they must offer their customers something special.
  尤其是现在顾客对于平庸无奇的产品兴趣越来越少，买家们也意识到他们必须给顾客提供特别的产品。
• 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。