hoi polloi

noun

1. 寻常百姓；草民；乌合之众
   an insulting word for ordinary people

1. N-PLURAL 草民;乌合之众;老百姓
   If someone refers to the hoi polloi, they are referring in a humorous or rather rude way to ordinary people, in contrast to rich, well-educated, or upper-class people.
   1. Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at bay.
      居高不下的生活开支势必会把老百姓逼入走投无路的境地。

1. Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at bay.
   居高不下的生活开支势必会把老百姓逼入走投无路的境地。
2. The sites essentially MySpace for millionaires promise safe havens for the affluent where they can flirt, swap advice, plan parties and find new pals without mixing with hoi polloi.
   这些网站本质上是“百万富翁的MySpace”，它们承诺为富人提供安全的避风港，在那里他们可以搭讪、交换看法、计划派对或找到新朋友，而无需和平民百姓混在一起。
3. Others are highly successful in non-pop genres but are remembered by the public for the one that appealed to the hoi polloi.
   而其他人虽然在流行乐以外的其它流派里取得了巨大的成功，不过，被公众记住却是因为某支媚俗的歌曲。
4. It is not just written by the hoi polloi, it is peer-reviewed by them too.
   它不仅由大众编写，也由大众进行同行评审。
5. The realization of Confucian political ideal must depend on political authority and don't deny existent absolute monarchy, on the contrary, Confucianists think that absolute monarchy nourish taking care of hoi polloi 'survival and order.
   儒家理想的实现并不以否定业已存在的君主的统治为前提，相反，儒家认为君主政治怀有维护民众生存与安宁的实质性目的。

noun

1. the common people generally
   1. separate the warriors from the mass
   2. power to the people

   Synonym:    multitudemassesmasspeoplethe great unwashed