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

• 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。
• That is because it contains carbon atoms which are heavier than run-of-the-mill carbon, and are unstable.
  这是因为这部分二氧化碳包含有比一般碳原子重且不稳定的碳原子。
• 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。
• I would say it was a typical run-of-the-mill Hollywood thriller.
  我觉得它是典型的常见好莱坞恐怖电影。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These built-in validators are more than sufficient for run-of-the-mill validation tasks, such as checking e-mail addresses or dates.
  这些内置的验证器对一般的验证任务足足有余，比如验证邮件地址或日期。