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

  • 來自plebe(古羅馬平民) + ian→平民的

同根派生

  • n性質的同根詞
    plebiscite：公民投票；平民表決。
    pleb：平民；群衆；老百姓。
    plebe：軍官學校的最下級生；陸海軍官校的一年級生；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.
    湯姆·潘恩在18世紀90年代教育平民激進分子時論述到，如果不是爲了實現王公、外交官和士兵借發起戰爭而使自己富有的潛在利益，人類本會生活在和諧之中。
  • He was born of plebeian origins.
    他出身平民.
  • This book has plebeian tastes.
    這本書有庸俗的味道.
  • 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.
    湯姆·潘恩在18世紀90年代教育平民激進分子時論述到，如果不是爲了實現王公、外交官和士兵借發起戰爭而使自己富有的潛在利益，人類本會生活在和諧之中。
  • He spent all day playing rackets on the beach, a plebeian sport if there ever was one.
    他一整天都在海灘玩壁球，再沒有比這更不入流的運動了。

词组短语

    短語

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

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • 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.