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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Although both companies yesterday denied any appetite for run-of-the-mill branches and chequeing accounts, they are likely to take advantage of their ability to tap this source of long-term, stable funding.
  虽然这两家公司昨日都表示普通分支行和支票账户没有兴趣，但是它们仍可能利用自身能力的优势，吸引这种长期稳定的资金来源。
• 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。
• 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。