We use it differently now. But the fact is that the common or profane state is the natural default state of most objects and things. This table is just profane. It's common.

现在它的用法不同了，事实上,“普通“或者“世俗“的状态都是,大部分事物的自然状态，这张桌子是世俗的，它很普通。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So mostly it's just work and practice and a lot of fun with my friends, but it's pretty normal.

所以，我的本科生活就是学习，训练，和朋友们一块放松，很普通的学生生活。

MIT的时尚品味 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I think the sense of appreciation for perhaps day to day things that sometimes those of us who custom to privilege might forget. -Yes.

我觉得，这种对于生活小事的感激之情很难得,普通人常常会把这些,看作应得之物，-没错。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So the language that different early Christians used about each other, and for themselves,was sometimes very common Greek language, but sometimes it would've also sounded strange and kind of in-house to other people.

所以早期基督教徒所使用的不同的,互称或自称的称谓，有些其实是普通的希腊语，但有时听起来很奇怪,对其他人来说像黑话。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

One could easily, for example, differentiate between a red cell and a neuron, but a skilled biologist who's looked at many, many different cells could differentiate between different types of neurons.

普通人可以很轻易的,分辨出神经元和红细胞,然而一个训练有素的生物学家,辨识过许多不同细胞之后,能够分辨出不同种类的神经元

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

It just means that your desires are common,

这只是说明你的愿望很普通，

关于纽约的生活 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So, that's a funny property of conventional mortgages -that the mortgage balance declines very slowly at first and then it falls rapidly when it comes to maturity.

这是普通贷款很有意思的特性,即贷款余额在起初减少的非常缓慢,但随着到期日的临近,便会加速递减

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选