Windmills are a common sight in Holland.
风车是荷兰常见的景色。
We have common topics to talk about.
我们有共同的话题可谈。
common interests bind us together.
共同的利益使我们结合在一起。
Smith is a common surname.
史密斯是个很普通的姓。
It is not common for him to receive letters.
他接信是不平常的。
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
所谓优秀就是用不平凡的方法做平凡的事.
She thought he was very common and uneducated.
她认为他很粗俗且无教养。
We went for a walk on the common.
我们在公地上散步。
His parents were of the commons.
他的父母是平民。
Extra shares of common will be sold publicly.
额外的普通股份将公开出售。
They campaign nationally for the protection of commons, village greens and footpaths.
他们在全国搞运动宣传保护城市公园、乡村绿地和人行小径。
Some birds which were once a common sight are now becoming rare.
有些曾经随处可见的鸟类现在日益稀少。
a common spelling mistake
常犯的拼写错误
They share a common interest in photography.
他们在摄影方面兴趣相投。
basic features which are common to all human languages
所有人类语言共有的基本特征
We are working together for a common purpose.
我们在为一个共同的目标一起工作。
common ownership of the land
土地的共同所有权
This decision was taken for the common good (= the advantage of everyone) .
作出这个决定是为了共同的利益。
It is, by common consent , Scotland's prettiest coast (= everyone agrees that it is) .
这是苏格兰公认的最美丽的海岸。
the common garden frog
园地里常见的青蛙
Jackson is a common English name.
杰克逊是常见的英语人名。
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in this country.
乳腺癌是这个国家妇女中最常见的一种癌症。
The commons has spent over three months on the bill.
下议院在这项议案上已经花了3个多月的时间。
The oboe and the clarinet have got certain features in common...
双簧管和单簧管有些相似之处。
In common with most Italian lakes, access to the shores of Orta is restricted.
和大部分意大利湖泊一样，奥尔塔湖岸不对公众开放。
He had very little in common with his sister.
他和姐姐几乎没有什么共同语言。
The Prime Minister is to make a statement in the commons this afternoon...
今天下午首相将在下议院发表声明。
...Wimbledon common.
温布尔登公地
...the common view that acupuncture is only a fringe area of medicine.
针灸仅仅是医学的一个边缘领域的这种普遍看法
She might be a little common at times, but she was certainly not boring.
她有时候可能有点粗俗，但绝对不会让人生厌。
We are warning women not to go out on to the common alone.
我们告诫女性不要独自去公共草地。
His name was Hansen, a common name in Norway...
他的名字叫汉森，在挪威是一个常见的名字。
Oil pollution is the commonest cause of death for seabirds...
石油污染是造成海鸟死亡最常见的原因。
Moldavians and Romanians share a common language...
摩尔达维亚人和罗马尼亚人使用同一种语言。
Such behaviour is common to all young people.
这种行为在年轻人中司空见惯。
...the common house fly.
常见的家蝇
Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority...
民主也许能提升普通人的政治地位，让他们产生优越感。
common salt is made up of 40% sodium and 60% chloride.
食盐由40%的钠和60%的氯化物构成。
It is common decency to give your seat to anyone in greater need...
给更有需要的人让座是最起码的礼貌。
He didn't have the common courtesy to ask permission.
他连邀准这种最起码的礼貌都没有。
It is common knowledge that swimming is one of the best forms of exercise.
大家都知道游泳是最好的锻炼方式之一。
Faults common to both Parties.
出自：AddisonWeeping to each other in common grief.
出自：H. E. Bates接机
A：Mrs. Wang, You are on the third floor.
你的房间在四楼。
B：It looks very comfortable.
这里看上去很舒服。
A：You have got lovely view of Hyde Park. This is your private bathroom, and just opposite is a kitchen which all six of you share. There iscommon room at the end of the corridor, and a games room next door.
从这里你可以看到海德公园。这是你的个人使用的浴室，紧对面是你们6个人合用的厨房。在走廊尽头有一公共休息室，隔壁是活动房。
查找图书
A：Excuse me. Can you tell me how to find some books on social science?
请问，能告诉我怎样查找社会科学书籍吗？
B：Sure. You see all these little drawers here and all the way around the walls?
当然。你看到靠墙排列的这一个个小抽屉了吗？
common的近义词
A：Yes.
看见了。
B：These drawers contain cards describing every book in our library. Together they constitute the library’s “card catalog”.You can see that each drawer runs from one part of the alphabet to another. For example, this drawer goes from SCA to SCM.
这些抽屉里装着这本图书馆所有图书的卡片，它们构成了图书馆的“卡片目录”。你可以看出每只抽屉都是从字母表中的一部分排到另一部分。比如说这只抽屉，就是从SCA 排到SCM。
A：So if I’m looking for a look called A History of Western Society, I’d just look under “A”.
这么说，如果我要找一本《西方社会史》的话，就在“A”的分类下找。
B：No. You’d look under “W”. The articles “a” and “the” don’t count in our alphabetization, and card are generally omitted for extremelycommon words and phrases such as “history of”, “introduction to”, “story of” and so forth.
不。应该“W”下找。冠词“a”和“the”不包括在字母排列中。一般来说，目录卡片往往省略一些特别常用的词和词组。如“history of”，“introduction to”，“story of”等等。
A：What if I don’t know the title of the book?
如果不知道书名怎么办？
B：When you can look under the author’s name.
那你可以在作者名下找。
A：Could you give me an example?
能举个例子吗？
common的意思
B：Suppose you want to find a book by your professor, William Smith. You’d look under SMITH and then WILLIAM. Since that’s a verycommon name, you may have to go through several “William Smith” until you come to the one who wrote book on the subject you’re interested in.
假如你要找一本你的导师威廉?史密斯教授写的书，你可以在SMITH 栏下寻找，由于William Smith 是一个很常见的姓名，你可能得查阅很多William Smith 才能找到你所感兴趣的书的那位William Smith。
