everyman
noun [ C or U ] (also Everyman) /ˈev.ri.mæn/ /ˈev.ri.mæn/
普通人; 常人
a person, usually a man, who is very typical and ordinary, with similar experiences or qualities to most people
He was the everyman who became a global celebrity. 他是一般人成为全球名人的实例。
In many ways, the character is Everyman. 在许多方面,这个人物就与常人无异。
Being seen with billionaires does not fit the everyman image he is trying to project. 与亿万富翁为伴并不符合他试图塑造的普通人形象。
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- It was a bold decision for the writer to make his killer an everyman.
- He is meant to be Everyman, with universal appeal.
- Most of his characters are middle-aged Everymen who long for order, tradition, the way things used to be.
- They are anonymous soldiers, nameless everymen.
- He has an Everyman quality that is sometimes unfairly criticized as blandness.