or·di·nar·y
adjective OPAL W
/ˈɔːdnri/
/ˈɔːrdneri/
Idioms - [usually before noun] not unusual or different in any way
平常的；正常的；毫不特别的 - an ordinary sort of day
平平常常的一天 - in the ordinary course of events
在一般情况下 - ordinary people like you and me
像你我这等普通人 - This was no ordinary meeting.
这次会议非同寻常。 - She was a perfectly ordinary little girl.
她是一个极其普通的小女孩。 - They are just ordinary working folk.
他们只是普通的劳动人民。
Extra Examples- I lead a very ordinary life.
我过着平淡无奇的生活。 - It was, for most ordinary citizens, a time of prosperity.
对于大多数普通公民来说，这是一个繁荣的时代。 - She doubted that, in ordinary circumstances, the two would have got on well together.
她怀疑，如果是在平常的情况下，两人会相处得很好。 - The images can be printed on ordinary paper.
这些图像可以印在普通纸张上。 - These plates are for ordinary, everyday use.
这些盘子适合日常使用。 - We were an ordinary family.
我们是普普通通的一家人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- very
- perfectly
- quite
- …
- an ordinary sort of day
- (disapproving) having no unusual or interesting features
平庸的；平淡无奇的 - The meal was very ordinary.
这顿饭平常得很。
Extra Examples- The wines produced were at best very ordinary.
生产出的葡萄酒充其量就是很普通的那种。 - He had an ordinary sort of face.
他有一张普通的脸。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- very
- perfectly
- quite
- …
- The meal was very ordinary.
Word Originlate Middle English: the noun partly via Old French; the adjective from Latin ordinarius ‘orderly’ (reinforced by French ordinaire), from ordo, ordin- ‘order’.
Idioms
in the ordinary way
- (British English) used to say what normally happens in a particular situation
一般地；通常地 - In the ordinary way, she's not a nervous person.
一般而言，她不是个容易紧张的人。
- In the ordinary way, she's not a nervous person.
out of the ordinary
- unusual or different
不寻常；特殊；超凡脱俗 - I'm looking for something a little more out of the ordinary.
我正在找些稍不寻常的东西。 - His behaviour was nothing out of the ordinary (= not unusual).
他的行为并没有什么不寻常的（=不是不寻常的）。
- I'm looking for something a little more out of the ordinary.