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

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