standard issue

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The normal equipment or supplies issued by an organization.

    不可数

    A Smith & Wesson double-action .38 revolver was the standard issue in those days.

    For food and clothing, we were happy to get the standard issue, as it was way better than anything we had been used to, truth be told.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Regularly and conventionally distributed by an organization (for instance, to its personnel); for regular usage; not specialized.

    Near-synonyms: standard; stock; regular; baseline

    Most employees of this company get a standard issue laptop, but those in the art department get a more powerful model.

  2. 2.

    Not special or remarkable; conventional.

    贬义 引申义

    Near-synonyms: basic, garden variety, humdrum, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plain vanilla, unremarkable; see also Thesaurus:normal