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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All I ever wanted was a run-of-the-mill College experience.
  我只想经历下大学生活。
• You might be a run-of-the-mill salesperson, but if you have mastery of another language on your resume or LinkedIn profile, you're going to come up in keyword searches more often than you would think.
  你或许是一个普通的销售员，但是假如你能在简历里表示你掌握了另一门外语，你在关键词搜索中被搜到的频率会得到令你难以置信的提升。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• He is not particularly brilliant; just run-of-the-mill.
  他并不是特别有才能，只是普普通通。