| [/ˈɔːdənrɪ; US ˈɔːrdənerɪ; ˋɔrdnɛrɪ/] adj 用法:
1 normal; usual 平常的; 正常的; 通常的; 普通的:
an ordinary sort of day 平常的一天 *
in the ordinary course of events 按照事情的正常发展 *
ordinary people like you and me 你我之类的老百姓 *
We were dressed up for the party but she was still in her ordinary clothes. 我们都盛装赴会, 而她却依然日常装束. *
(derog 贬) a very ordinary meal, ie nothing special 很平常的饭菜. Cf 参看 extraordinary. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) in the `ordinary way if the circumstances were usual 如果情况如常; 就通常情况而言:
In the ordinary way he would have come with us, but he's not feeling well. 在一般情况下他都和我们一起来, 只是他现在身体不太好. out of the `ordinary unusual; exceptional 不正常的; 例外的; 特殊的:
Her new house is certainly out of the ordinary. 她的新居真是不同凡响. *
His behaviour is nothing out of the ordinary, ie not unusual. 他举止没有任何反常之处. |