plebeian

英 [pləˈbiːən]

美 [pləˈbiːən]

adj.  平民的; 百姓的; 下层社会的; 粗俗的; 俗鄙的
n.  下层人; 平民; 庶民

复数：plebeians　

GRE

BNC.34507 / COCA.33393

牛津词典

adj.

• 平民的；百姓的；下层社会的
  connected with ordinary people or people of the lower social classes
• 粗俗的；俗鄙的
  lacking in culture or education
  1. plebeian tastes
     庸俗的趣味

noun

• 下层人；平民；庶民
  a person from a lower social class (used originally in ancient Rome)

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （尤指历史上早期的）平民，庶民
  A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who isplebeian, comes from a low social class.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 平庸的；市井的；粗俗的
  If someone describes something asplebeian, they think that it is unsophisticated and connected with or typical of people from a low social class.
  1. ...a philosophy professor with a cockney accent and an alarmingly plebeian manner...
     一口伦敦土腔、举止粗俗不堪的哲学教授
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• one of the common people
  Synonym:pleb

adj

• of or associated with the great masses of people
  1. the common people in those days suffered greatly
  2. behavior that branded him as common
  3. his square plebeian nose
  4. a vulgar and objectionable person
  5. the unwashed masses
  Synonym:commonvulgarunwashed

双语例句

• Chinese television drama of plebeian relating with its special emotion content acts an important role in the Chinese television drama fields.
  平民化电视剧以其独特的情感内涵，在中国电视领域扮演着重要的角色。
• Therefore, Zhu Xi's philosophy in Japan was annotated as every class even plebeian different ethical culture in Japanese society and took on diversity and plebeian features.
  因此，日本朱子学被具体诠释成日本社会各个层次乃至庶民的不同伦理文化，而呈现出多样性和庶民化的特点。
• Though Joycean time is gone, but his everlasting works with the medium of comic sense will attract more people because comedy is born plebeian.
  尽管乔伊斯的时代已经过去，但是，他的传世作品和他的喜剧艺术仍然有待于深入解读。
• Because iron has a plebeian temperament.
  这是因为铁元素有一种平民性。
• Marxist's thought on Form of Government carries on macro-politeia view in the Western political tradition, which practice wandered between the plebeian politeia and the elite's.
  马克思主义政体思想继承了西方传统中既强调政治制度，又强调社会结构的大政体观，其政体实践徘徊于巴黎公社式平民政体与苏联式精英政体之间。
• Corresponding, it dues to a lot of unhealthy effects such as speculating in the real estate market is serious, the utilizing of land resources is unreasonable, house prices are beyond the buying abilities of plebeian inhabitants.
  相应的也产生很多不良影响，房地产市场投机严重、土地资源利用不合理、房价超出普通居民承受能力等等。
• The common people in those days suffered greatly; behavior that branded him as common; his square plebeian nose; a vulgar and objectionable person; the unwashed masses.
  在那个时代平民大众非常受罪；为他留下平民烙印的行为；他扁平而普通的鼻子；一个粗俗而讨厌的人；乌合之众。
• "It was already thronged with the craftsmen and other plebeian inhabitants of the town, in considerable numbers;"
  那地方已然挤满了数量可观的工匠和镇上的其他黎民百姓
• His death last week at his home near Salzburg at81 left the world of music a paler, more plebeian place.
  上周，年已81岁的卡拉扬在他萨尔斯堡的家中溘然长逝，不能不使得他身后的音乐界黯然失色。
• Under Principate, the political organizations of the republic such as the Senate, Plebeian Assembly and the Magistracy led by the two consuls were preserved. However, this system is centered at a newly-emerged figure, the Princeps.
  在元首体制下，共和制的各种政治机构如元老院、人民大会、以执政官为代表的共和官僚体系仍然存在，但是在这其中居于核心地位的是新出现的元首。