Eliot would go further and say that there is no common form of modern speech, and that's the problem.

艾略特涉及的更加深入,他认为谈话并没有什么通常的形式，而这就是问题所在。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Satan's shield is as big as the moon -this is the most common form of simile, epic or otherwise, and it can be schematized.

他的屏障如同月亮一般庞大,-这是最常见的比喻形式，并且还可以再用图表概要化。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Well, the most common argument for this claim I think takes the following form.

这个说法通常的论据,我想是以以下方式阐述。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

What's the most common type of musical form in pop music?

流行音乐中最普遍使用的曲式是什么

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

These are sort of flailing away at different ideas but another way of doing--an older way is proposed by Plato, who viewed laughter as a form of bonding against a common enemy.

我现在说的都是各种猜想,但从另一个角度看，一个古老的角度,这是由柏拉图提出的，他认为笑是一种巩固感情的形式,对抗共同的敌人。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But what is a regime? Broadly speaking a regime indicates a form of government whether it is ruled by the one a few the many or as more common some mixture a combination of these three ruling powers.

但到底何谓政体？广义来说,政体象征着一种形式的政府,无论它独裁，寡头或多头掌政,或是更常见的混合体,综合上述三种统治权力。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选