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

• 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。
• Plebeian consciousness has picked up momentum in literary creation in recent years.
  近二十年的全方位改革引发了平民阶层在当代中国社会的重新聚合，平民意识在近年来的文学创作中逐渐强化。
• The tender construction and the plebeian relating& the analysis of Chinese television drama of plebeian relating Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles in the Context of Globalization
  温情构造平实讲述解析中国平民化电视剧全球化语境下的温情演绎《千里走单骑》的审美文化分析
• Finally, the descriptions of the official doting and the plebeian canniness reflect the different judicial wisdom of the authorities and plebs.
  最后，对官吏昏聩和庶民狡黠的描写则反映出官民之间不同的司法智慧。
• 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。
• Because iron has a plebeian temperament.
  这是因为铁元素有一种平民性。
• On the Tribune Plebeian of Ancient Rome
  试论古罗马的保民官
• The modern Chinese literature in the market economy operation, was changed by the brim, gradually from the political, official literature into a mass-market, plebeian literature.
  在市场经济高速运转的现代中国，文学被边缘化了，逐渐从政治化、官方化的文学转变为大众化、平民化的文学。
• He had gone back to his rather plebeian job.
  他又回去做他那相当低贱的工作了。