- [usually before noun]
not unusual or different in any way 普通的；平常的；一般的；平凡的 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. 她是一个非常普通的小女孩。 They are just ordinary working folk. 他们只是普通的劳动人民。
Extra ExamplesI 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. 对大多数普通公民来说，这是一个繁荣的时期。 She doubted that, in ordinary circumstances, the two would have got on well together. 她怀疑，在一般情况下，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. 这些盘子是日常使用的。 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
- …
- (disapproving)
having no unusual or interesting features 平庸的；平淡无奇的 Extra ExamplesThe 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
- …
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
out of the ordinary