A great interest in music was common to them.. 他们对音乐都有着共同的强烈兴趣。

in common (with) ( 和 ......)一样

have sth. in common (with) ( 与 ......)有共同之处

They are brothers, but they have nothing in common. 他们虽是兄弟，但毫无共同之处。

In common with many people, he prefers classical music to pop music.

和许多人一样，他喜欢古典音乐，而不喜欢流行音乐

In common with many other girls, Anne likes dancing.

和其他女孩儿一样，安妮喜欢跳舞

【拓展】have nothing in common with 无共同之处

have little in common with 几乎无共同之处

have something in common with 有一些共同之处

have a lot common with 有许多共同之处

【辨析】common, ordinary, usual与general

它们均有"普通的，常见的"的意思。

common 侧重于"普遍；常见"，指许多事物或人共同具有而常见的性质。

They can treat most of the common diseases

他们可以治疗大部分常见的病

ordinary 侧重于表示"平常；平凡；无奇特之处"

That morning he came earlier than usual, for it was not an ordinary day.

那天早上他起得比平常早，因为那天是一个不寻常的日子。

usual 指从时间和频度上讲通常发生的事情或一种习惯。

Tea is considered to be the usual drink of British people

茶被认为是英国人的日常饮料。

general 表示在大多数人或物中流行并受到关注，还有"总体的，概括的"的意思

general knowledge 一般知识

solve

【原句回放】In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a "universal machine" to solve any difficult mathematical problem.(L11)

1936年我的父亲艾伦。图灵写了一本书，讲述了怎样使我成为一台"通用机器"来解决数学难题。