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

• And just as in language, fashion, and art, what's extreme today will be run-of-the-mill tomorrow.
  就像语言、时尚和艺术那样，今天所谓的极限明日将变得平庸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's just a run-of-the-mill war film.
  这是一部很平庸的战争片。
• 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？
• 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。
• For some graduates, the pursuit comes when they realize they don't want the run-of-the-mill jobs in, say, finance or consulting that companies typically tout on campus.
  对于一些毕业生而言，当他们意识到自己并不想在通常在校园里招兵买马的金融或咨询行业干一份普普通通的工作时，他们便开始了自己的追求。
• Simple, run-of-the-mill things like price lists and instruction sheets are done by a small, local firm.
  简单的普通资料，如价格单、说明书之类的东西，由本地的小公司印刷。
• 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。