形容詞exceptionalunusualextraordinaryspecialuncommonsuperb
1. out of the ordinary : 不平常的, 非凡的；
2. in ordinary : 常任的, 閑擱著的；
1. out of the ordinary : 不平常的, 非凡的；
2. in ordinary : 常任的, 閑擱著的；
形容詞
1. It was a very ordinary day today.
今天是很平常的一天。
2. The novel describes the way of life of the ordinary people there.
這部小說描寫那里的普通人的生活方式。
3. His poems are quite ordinary.
他的詩作并不怎么樣。
4. She had on an ordinary dress.
她穿著平常的衣服。
名詞
1. He is a man of intelligence far above the ordinary.
他是個智力非同尋常的人。
在郵局
A：Would you please weigh this letter to see what the postage is?
麻煩您稱一下這封信，看看需要多少郵資，好嗎？
B：Do you want to send it by ordinary or registered mail?
您是要寄普通信還是掛號信？
A：By ordinary air mail, please.
請給我寄普通航空信。
B：Anything of value in it?
里面有什么值錢的東西嗎？
A：A postal order for four hundred dollars.
一張400 美元的郵政匯票。
B：In that case, you’d better have it registered.
既然那樣，您最好寄掛號信。
A：Will I be informed when my friend gets the letter?
當我朋友收到這封信后，我會被通知嗎？
B：Yes, when your friend gets it, he’ll sign a receipt, which will be sent to you by mail. Then you can be sure it’s been received.
是的，當您的朋友收到信后，他將簽一張收據(jù)，這張收據(jù)會寄給您，您就可以確定他收到了。
A：All right, I’ll have it registered, then.
好，那我就寄掛號信。
1. 平常的；普通的；一般的；平凡的
Ordinary people or things are normal and not special or different in any way.
e.g. I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me...
我堅定地認為絕大部分老百姓會贊同我的觀點。
e.g. It has 25 calories less than ordinary ice cream...
它所含熱量比普通的冰激凌少了25卡路里。
2. 平庸的；平淡無奇的
If you describe someone or something as ordinary, you mean they are not special or interesting in any way and may be rather dull.
e.g. I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy...
我只是一個頗為平庸無趣的普通人。
e.g. Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.
你的生活從那時起一定非常平淡無奇。
3. 不尋常的；非凡的；特殊的
Something that is out of the ordinary is unusual or different.
e.g. The boy's knowledge was out of the ordinary...
這個男孩懂得的知識非比尋常。
e.g. I've noticed nothing out of the ordinary.
我沒注意到什么特別之處。