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

• The text is divided into three chapters: The first chapter analysis the social background of plebeian poets in three aspects: imperial examination system, social economy and thought of Wang Yangming.
  正文部分分为三章：第一章分析中晚明布衣诗人产生的社会背景，主要从科举制度、社会经济、心学思想三个方面进行探讨。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Chinese clan institution experiences three periods in the history: the patriarchal clan period in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the aristocracy period from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the plebeian clan period since the Song Dynasty.
  在历史上，中国的宗族制度大体经历了三个阶段：西周的宗法制阶段，东汉至唐中叶的士族、世族阶段，宋以来的庶民宗族阶段。
• On the Tribune Plebeian of Ancient Rome
  试论古罗马的保民官
• Sima Qian and Plebeian Liu Bang
  司马迁与微时刘邦