词汇 | common |
词源 | common. When in 1948 Henry Wallace campaigned with the slogan that this was “the century of the common man,” many southerners had trouble understanding at first, for com- mon is often a term of contempt in the South, far more than in the rest of the United States. It can also be a complimentary term for an unassuming, friendly person, as in “He’s a real common man.” |
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