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typical, usual or ordinary; what you would expect 典型的；正常的；一般的 quite/perfectly (= completely) normal 相當／完全正常 Her temperature is normal. 她的體溫正常。 They are just quiet, normal people. 他們只是安靜的正常人。 - it is normal (for somebody) to do something
It's normal to feel tired after such a long trip. 這樣長途旅行之後感到疲勞是正常的。 It is now regarded as normal for women to work outside the home. 現在女性在外工作被看作很正常的事情。 He should be able to lead a perfectly normal life. 他應該能夠過上完全正常的生活。 Divorce is complicated enough in normal circumstances, but this situation is even worse. 在一般情況下，離婚已經夠複雜了，但這一次情況更糟。 Under normal circumstances, I would say ‘yes’. 一般情況下，我會說 “行”。 In the normal course of events I wouldn't go to that part of town. 通常我是不會到那個城區去的。 Statistically, in a normal distribution, 68 per cent of the scores fall fairly close. 從統計數據來看，在正態分布中，68%的分數相差無幾。 The unemployment rate was above normal levels. 失業率高於正常水平。 Temperatures are expected to be in the normal range for May. 五月份的氣溫預計在正常範圍内。 We are open during normal office hours. 我們在正常的辦公時間内開放。 It is normal practice to inform somebody if you want to leave early. 如果你想早點離開，通知别人是正常的做法。 My day began in the normal way, and then I received a very strange phone call. 我的一天以正常的方式開始，然後我接到了一個非常奇怪的電話。 During normal conditions the road is clear of stones and mud. 在正常情況下，道路上沒有石頭和泥土。
Extra ExamplesGo for your check-ups in the normal way until you are six months pregnant. 懷孕滿 6 個月之前做常規檢查就可以了。 I'd say it was pretty normal to be upset if your house burned down. 我認爲，如果房子燒毀了，心煩是很正常的。 It started out as a perfectly normal day. 這一天開始時跟平常沒什麽兩樣。 Mandy doesn't seem her normal self today. 曼迪今天似乎不太正常。 The temperature is near normal for spring. 這種氣溫在春天還算正常。 Under normal circumstances Martin would probably have gone to college. 在正常情況下，馬丁很可能已經上大學了。 In normal circumstances she would have tested the machine first. 在正常情況下，她會先測試機器。 In the normal course of events these things take months. 在正常情況下，這些事情需要幾個月的時間。 Slavery was once seen as normal and natural. 奴隸制一度被認爲是正常和自然的。 The help desk is available during normal office hours. 在正常上班時間内咨詢台可以提供服務。 The skin surface is resistant to infection under normal circumstances. 一般情況下，皮膚表層對感染有抵抗力。
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not suffering from any mental or physical disorder 精神正常的；意識健全的 People who commit such crimes aren't normal. 犯這種罪的人心理不正常。 Rebecca was born a normal, healthy baby. 麗貝卡出生時是一個正常健康的嬰兒。
Extra ExamplesShe seemed perfectly normal to me. 在我看來，她完全正常。 People who commit these crimes can't be normal, can they? 犯下這種罪行的人心理不可能正常，不是嗎？ No normal person would do a thing like that. 沒有一個正常人會做那樣的事。 I don't see how otherwise normal, sane people can agree with such a policy. 我不明白正常的正常人怎麽會同意這樣的政策。 He had been a completely normal, healthy little boy. 他曾是個完全正常而又健康的小男孩。
opposite abnormal
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘right-angled’): from Latin normalis, from norma ‘carpenter's square’. Current senses date from the early 19th cent.