1、common

常見的;普遍的

His name was Hansen, a common name in Norway.

他的名字叫漢森，在挪威是一個(gè)常見的名字。

Oil pollution is the commonest cause of death for seabirds.

石油污染是造成海鳥死亡最常見的原因。

共有的;共同的

Moldavians and Romanians share a common language.

摩爾達(dá)維亞人和羅馬尼亞人使用同一種語(yǔ)言。

Such behaviour is common to all young people.

這種行為在年輕人中司空見慣。

尋常的;普通的

Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority.

民主也許能提升普通人的政治地位，讓他們產(chǎn)生優(yōu)越感。

Common salt is made up of 40% sodium and 60% chloride.

食鹽由40%的鈉和60%的氯化物構(gòu)成。

2、come up

走近;走到跟前

Her cat came up and rubbed itself against their legs.

她的貓跑上前來(lái)，在他們腿上蹭來(lái)蹭去。

He came up to me and said: 'Come on, John.'

他走到我跟前說(shuō)：“快點(diǎn)，約翰。”

被提及;被討論

The subject came up during a pre-dinner drink with our guests.

在與客人喝餐前酒的時(shí)候，有人提到了這個(gè)話題。

Jeane Kirkpatrick's name has come up a lot.

珍妮·柯克帕特里克的名字被多次提到。

即將發(fā)生;即將到來(lái)

Plan your activities so that you are rested and refreshed when something important is coming up.

做好日常規(guī)劃，這樣一旦發(fā)生大事，才能夠從容不迫。

We do have elections coming up.

我們的確將要進(jìn)行選舉。