the common good
collocation公益；共同利益
We must all work for the common good.
我们都必须为公益而工作。
公用草地；公共用地
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公用草地；公共用地
open land for public use, especially in or near a town or village
The children played soccer on the common after school.
孩子们放学后在公共绿地上踢足球。
共同的利益,由多人共享
Mutual good, shared by more than one.
城市中供娱乐的开放土地
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
共有土地；公地
A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
人民；社区
The people; the community.
Residents gathered on the common for the summer concert.
居民们聚集在公共用地上参加夏季音乐会。
The city council voted to preserve the common as a green space.
市议会投票决定保留这块公共绿地。
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公益；共同利益
We must all work for the common good.
我们都必须为公益而工作。
共用土地；公有地
This area was once common land.
这个地区曾经是公有地。
普通民众；老百姓
The reforms were welcomed by the common people.
这些改革受到普通民众的欢迎。
共同；共有
The two cultures have a lot in common.
这两种文化有许多共同之处。
下议院
The bill was passed by the House of Commons.
该法案在下议院通过了。
共同点；共识
We disagree on many things, but we managed to find common ground on the budget.
我们在很多事上有分歧，但在预算问题上设法达成了共识。
常识；众所周知的事
It's common knowledge that smoking is bad for your health.
吸烟有害健康是众所周知的事。
公共利益；共同利益
The new policy was designed to serve the common good, not private interests.
新政策旨在服务于公共利益，而非私人利益。
公地上的自由会带来所有人的毁灭。出自加勒特·哈丁1968年的文章《公地的悲剧》，常用来比喻共享资源被过度消耗的困境。
Many environmental problems are examples of the tragedy of the commons.
许多环境问题都是“公地悲剧”的例子。
法律会把从公地上偷鹅的男人或女人关起来，却放走偷走公地本身的大恶人。这是英国一首流传很广的警句诗，常被用来讽刺圈地运动侵占公共土地的不公。
The poem about the goose and the common is still quoted in debates about land rights.
这首关于鹅和公地的诗在土地权利的争论中仍会被引用。
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联想：公园里那块“公共草地”牌子写着common，人人可用；复数commons指公地，也指民众。记住‘common=共有的’，就能记住名词‘公地、共同利益’。
语域：formal 常见场景：legal and property documents、historical writing、town planning / place names 作为名词时，common 多用于正式或法律语境，指公地、公共用地，或‘公众’、‘共同利益’（常用复数 commons）。日常口语中较少单独用作名词。
常用复数形式 the commons
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