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unexpected, surprising or strange 意想不到的；令人惊奇的；奇怪的 What an extraordinary thing to say! 真是咄咄怪事！ The president took the extraordinary step of apologizing publicly for his behaviour! 总统采取了非同寻常的步骤，为自己的行为公开道歉！ We are a normal family dealing with extraordinary circumstances. 我们是一个处理非常情况的正常家庭。 - it is extraordinary that…
It's extraordinary that he managed to sleep through the party. 真想不到他竟然从聚会开始一直睡到结束。 - it is extraordinary how…
It is extraordinary how little evidence supports this view. 支持这一观点的证据少得惊人。
Extra ExamplesWhat makes it so extraordinary is that the experts had all dismissed her theories as nonsense. 非常奇怪的是，专家们都认为她的理论是胡说八道而不屑一顾。 The discussion was about the treatment of extraordinary items in the company accounts. 讨论是关于公司账目中非常项目的处理。 It seems extraordinary that she could have got away with this for so long. 她能逃脱这么长时间似乎很不寻常。 I find it extraordinary that anybody on a murder charge should be given bail. 我觉得任何被指控谋杀的人都应该被保释是很不寻常的。
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not normal or ordinary; greater or better than usual 不平常的；不一般的；非凡的；卓越的 an extraordinary achievement 卓越的成就 She was a truly extraordinary woman. 她是位非常杰出的女性。 They went to extraordinary lengths to explain their behaviour. 他们竭力为自己的行为辩解。 The film tells the extraordinary story of two people struggling to survive in the Arctic. 这部电影讲述了两个人在北极挣扎求生的非凡故事。 The response from the public has been quite extraordinary. 公众的反应相当不同寻常。
Extra ExamplesThe portrait does not do justice to her extraordinary beauty. 这幅画像没有展现出她非凡的美丽。 The festival offers an extraordinary range of artistic events. 这个节日提供了一系列不同寻常的艺术活动。 She must have been an extraordinary artist to work with. 她一定是一位与众不同的艺术家。 I found an extraordinary number of errors in the document. 我在文档中发现了相当多的错误。 He did the work with extraordinary energy and good humour. 他以非凡的精力和良好的幽默感完成了这项工作。 He used the extraordinary powers granted to him by Parliament to introduce economic reforms. 他利用议会授予他的非凡权力推行经济改革。
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(of a meeting, etc. 会议等 arranged for a special purpose and happening in addition to what normally or regularly happens 特别的；临时的 (following nouns 紧接名词之后 (of an official 官员 employed for a special purpose in addition to the usual staff 特派的；特命的 an envoy extraordinary 特使
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin extraordinarius, from extra ordinem ‘outside the normal course of events’.