plebeian: [16] The plēbs were the ‘common people’ of ancient Rome (the word may connected with Greek pléthos ‘multitude’, a relative of English plethora). English gets plebeian from its derived adjective plēbēius. The connotations of ‘lower-classness’ have been transferred from ancient Rome to the present day, and inspired the derogatory pleb [19]. A plebiscite [16] is etymologically a ‘decree approved by the common people’.
plebeian (n.)
"member of the lowest class," 1530s, from Latin plebius "person not of noble rank," from adjective meaning "of the common people" (see plebeian (adj.)).
plebeian (adj.)
also plebian, "of or characteristic of the lower class," 1560s in a Roman historical sense, from Latin plebeius "belonging to the plebs," earlier plebes, "the populace, the common people" (as opposed to patricians, etc.), also "commonality; the mass, the multitude; the lower class," from PIE *ple- (see pleio-). In general (non-historical) use from 1580s.
plebeian 英文释义
1. one of the common people
plebeian 双语例句
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.
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。
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3. Flying wing to wing through the plebeian.
比翼双飞在人间.
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4. He was born of plebeian origins.
他出身平民.
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5. This book has plebeian tastes.
这本书有庸俗的味道.
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plebeian 实用场景例句
plebeian tastes
庸俗的趣味
牛津词典
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.
...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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。
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Flying wing to wing through the plebeian.
比翼双飞在人间.
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He was born of plebeian origins.
他出身平民.
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This book has plebeian tastes.
这本书有庸俗的味道.
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To my mother, any meal where you served less than three wines was disgracefully plebeian.
对我母亲来说, 任何一次午餐上的酒要是少于三种那就太不体面了.
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Because iron has a plebeian temperament.
这是因为铁元素有一种“平民性”.
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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。
辞典例句
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.
