橘子朗文词典

plebeian

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [pləˈbiː.ən]
  • 美式音标 [pləˈbiː.ən]
  • 国际音标 [pli'bi:jən, plə]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 平民的；普通的；粗俗的
  • n. 平民；百姓；粗俗的人

词根记忆

  • 来自plebe(古罗马平民) + ian→平民的

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    plebiscite：公民投票；平民表决。
    pleb：平民；群众；老百姓。
    plebe：军官学校的最下级生；陆海军官校的一年级生；平民。

英汉例句

  • In the 1790s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes, diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves.
    汤姆·潘恩在18世纪90年代教育平民激进分子时论述到，如果不是为了实现王公、外交官和士兵借发起战争而使自己富有的潜在利益，人类本会生活在和谐之中。
  • He was born of plebeian origins.
    他出身平民.
  • This book has plebeian tastes.
    这本书有庸俗的味道.
  • In the 1790s Tom Paine taught plebeian radicals that mankind would live in harmony were it not for the vested interest which princes, diplomats and soldiers had in promoting wars to enrich themselves.
    汤姆·潘恩在18世纪90年代教育平民激进分子时论述到，如果不是为了实现王公、外交官和士兵借发起战争而使自己富有的潜在利益，人类本会生活在和谐之中。
  • He spent all day playing rackets on the beach, a plebeian sport if there ever was one.
    他一整天都在海滩玩壁球，再没有比这更不入流的运动了。

词组短语

    短语

  • Plebeian Ballad 庶民情歌
  • plebeian style 庶民性
  • tribune plebeian 保民官
  • plebeian n 平民
  • Plebeian currencies 普通货币

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • belonging to a low social class

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian, comes from a low social class.
  • If someone describes something as plebeian, they think that it is unsophisticated and connected with or typical of people from a low social class.