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plebeian

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ple·be·ian1 /plɪˈbiːən/ adjective  relating to ordinary people and what they like, rather than to people from a high social class – used to show disapproval 平民的;百姓的;下层社会的〔含贬义〕 a man with plebeian tastes 趣味庸俗的男人
Examples from the Corpus
plebeianThe food selection - hot dogs and beer - was rather plebeian.He has also noted the importance of publicans as profit-minded promoters of plebeian events.Later, plebeian families imitated this ancient model and began to worship their ancestors as if they were gods.Nor were plebeian members mere foot-soldiers at the disposal of intelligenty party officials.There was nothing vulgar about these hands, not like his wife's plebeian paws with their chilblains and chipped red enamel.From at least the closing years of the eighteenth century the decline of gentry involvement and even tolerance of plebeian sports was evident.But the Master, it must be said, is a man of plebeian tastes.
Related topics: Sociology
plebeian2 noun [countable]  1. CLASS IN SOCIETYan insulting word for someone who is from a low social class 下层平民〔侮辱性用语〕2. SSan ordinary person who had no special rank in ancient Rome 〔古罗马的〕平民,庶民 OPP patrician
Examples from the Corpus
plebeianBoth nobles and plebeians quench the thirst of their lust here.As Godoy claimed, the Tumult of Aranjuez was the work of seduced plebeians, a revolution that seeped down from above.These first few lines are very formal, perhaps too formal for the plebeians.Presently he soon takes advantage of the simplicity of the plebeians.Shakespeare emphasizes how strongly the plebeians are in favour of Brutus when Antony begins to speak.Both speakers are trying to establish their own power by appealing to the plebeians whose support they totally depend on.The plebeians are a bit thick, as they didn't see through Caesar.
Origin plebeian2 (1500-1600) Latin plebeius, from plebs common people
than they what rather like, and to Corpus relating ordinary people


plebeian
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plebeian1 /plɪˈbiːən/ adjective
relating to ordinary people and what they like, rather than to people from a high social class – used to show disapproval:
    a man with plebeian tastes

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plebeian2 noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: plebeius, from plebs 'common people'
1. an insulting word for someone who is from a low social class
2. an ordinary person who had no special rank in ancient Rome
   OPP  patrician


ple·beianBrE /pləˈbiːən/ 🔊NAmE /pləˈbiːən/ 🔊 adjectiveconnected with ordinary people or people of the lower social classes 平民的;百姓的;下层社会的(disapproving) lacking in culture or education 粗俗的;俗鄙的plebeian tastes庸俗的趣味
ple·beianBrE /pləˈbiːən/ 🔊NAmE /pləˈbiːən/ 🔊 noun(usually disapproving) a person from a lower social class (used originally in ancient Rome) 下层人;平民;庶民   compare patrician