Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #554
common
公用草地；公共用地
open land for public use, especially in or near a town or village
- 1.
Mutual good, shared by more than one.
共同的利益,由多人共享
- 2.
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
城市中供娱乐的开放土地
- 3.
A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
共有土地；公地
- 4.
The people; the community.
人民；社区
- 5.
The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
在他人土地上获取利益的权利,与土地所有者或其他人共享
民众；公众；平民；共同利益；共享利益；（在他人土地上的）收益权；共用权；共同的利益,由多人共享；城市中供娱乐的开放土地
In use
The children played soccer on the common after school.
Residents gathered on the common for the summer concert.
The city council voted to preserve the common as a green space.
Connections
Collocations
- the common good
- 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。
- common land
- 共用土地；公有地
- This area was once common land.这个地区曾经是公有地。
- the common people
- 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。
- in common
- 共同；共有
- The two cultures have a lot in common.这两种文化有许多共同之处。
- House of Commons
- 下议院
- The bill was passed by the House of Commons.该法案在下议院通过了。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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’。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
常用复数形式 the commons
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the final '-mon' spelling and the unstressed /mən/ sound with 'common' (/ˈkɑmən/). They do not rhyme fully with 'common' because their stressed vowels differ. Beware of lookalikes such as 'commune' (/kəˈmjuːn/), 'communist' (/ˈkɑːmjənɪst/), and 'communion' (/kəˈmjuːnjən/), which look related but are pronounced differently.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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