What a common soldier may lose is obvious enough.

一个普通士兵可能失去的东西是显而易见的。

These common soldiers were far away from home and enlisted for the war.

这些普通士兵远离家乡，应征入伍。

Common soldiers are expected to grow their own food, or, failing that, to forage.

普通士兵应该自己种植食物， 或者，如果做不到， 就去觅食。

In Middle English the word could  apply to anyone who was servile, but its usage to mean a common  soldier really caught on.

在中世纪英语中， 这个词可以适用于任何奴仆，但用来表示普通士兵的用法确实很流行。

Common sailors, therefore, more frequently get some fortune and preferment than common soldiers; and the hope of those prizes is what principally recommends the trade.

因此，普通水手比普通士兵更容易获得财富和晋升。这些奖品的希望是主要推荐交易的原因。