单词 | ordinary |
释义 | ordinary (ɔːʳdɪnri , US -neri ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1 Ordinary people or things are normal and not special or different in any way. I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me. It has 25 calories less than ordinary ice cream. It was just an ordinary weekend for us. Synonyms: usual, standard, normal, common 2. graded adjective B1+ If you describe someone or something as ordinary, you mean they are not special or interesting in any way and may be rather dull. I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy. Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary. ...very ordinary, if very well made, drinking glasses, lamps and tableware. 3. out of the ordinary phrase Something that is out of the ordinary is unusual or different. The boy's knowledge was out of the ordinary. I've noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Synonyms: unusual, different, odd, important Collocations: ordinary reader This was, perhaps, his real strength, for he had an instinct, natural, unsophisticated and shrewd, for the book an ordinary reader would wish to open. Times, Sunday Times To the ordinary reader, the material may seem impenetrable. Times, Sunday Times It would be clear to the ordinary reader from the outset that it was meant seriously, and intended to convey a message of some importance. Times,Sunday Times The critic can be just as much at a loss (or mistaken) as the ordinary reader. The Times Literary Supplement In consequence, he failed to conduct a realistic exploration of how the ordinary reader of the post would have understood it. Times, Sunday Times Generals feared that the ordinary soldier might refuse to continue the war. Times, Sunday Times At its best, this third instalment of the second world war action series builds on the great strengths of its predecessor, throwing your ordinary soldier into huge set-piece battles. Times, Sunday Times Once the mission would end the commander would become an ordinary soldier under the command of the new field commander for the latter's mission. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During this time, he instituted a number of reforms designed to improve the lot of the ordinary soldier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he also photographed the war from the viewpoint of the ordinary soldier or sailor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They will be taxable on their worldwide income and gains, like any ordinary taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times Backed by the ordinary taxpayer, whohas little opportunity for escape, they can take on and manage debts over the long term and, hopefully, muddle through. Times, Sunday Times I wonder how much money this billionaire has squirrelled away from the ordinary taxpayer. The Sun The new powers, detailed in last week's budget, will extend these powers even further enabling it to pursue ordinary taxpayers with renewed vigour. Times, Sunday Times Will it be bankers, bondholders or, once again, ordinary taxpayers, including you? Times, Sunday Times There have been moments when young people here lived perfectly ordinary, banal lives. Times, Sunday Times They really exist and it's perfectly ordinary to talk about it. Times,Sunday Times He said that the people lived 'in a perfectly ordinary way'. Times, Sunday Times This might seem like a perfectly ordinary activity. Times, Sunday Times How you can say goodbye to your folks on a perfectly ordinary morning, set off in your car, and never come home. The Sun And, as ever, the seemingly ordinary can hide ghastly ghostly secrets. The Sun It follows a seemingly ordinary night watchman who cracks up as he faces the blank, unsmiling face of the state. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps it was the strained atmosphere in the house that made her aware of the depths that lie beneath people's seemingly ordinary lives. Times, Sunday Times Here's how a normal and seemingly ordinary diet can easily push your salt servings into the danger zone. The Sun However, you're increasingly wound up about certain seemingly ordinary arrangements and those involved. Times, Sunday Times We had supposed our lives were so utterly ordinary. Christianity Today Appearing incongruously atop my previous photos - the utterly ordinary postings of a new dad - it didn't get a digital 'like' for 15 minutes. Times, Sunday Times Decent, honest, hard-working, not hugely talented and utterly, utterly ordinary? Times, Sunday Times The work describes how an utterly ordinary and worthless object becomes endowed with great significance as it occasions contact between two people who must remain enemies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 普通的 Japanese: 普通の |
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