ordinary

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #2384 ★★★☆☆

a. 平常的, 普通的, 平凡的 n. 平常的人(或事)

发音

UK /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi/
UK /ˈɔːdənɹi/
AU
US /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/
US /ˈɔɹdɪnɛ(ə)ɹi/

词形变化

ordinaries 复数 ordinaries more ordinary 比较级 ordinariest most ordinary 最高级

别名

ordinarie

教材释义与例句

名词

普通;平常的人(或事)

形容词

普通的;平凡的;平常的

average, common, or usual, not different or special

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person with authority; authority, ordinance.

    A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.

    法律 宗教
  2. 2.

    A person with authority; authority, ordinance.

    A courier; someone delivering mail or post.

    废旧

    I […] will lay to till you come within hail […] but pray respond by the first ordinary.

  3. 3.

    A person with authority; authority, ordinance.

    A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.

    法律
  4. 4.

    A person with authority; authority, ordinance.

    The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.

    历史
  5. 5.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of food; (hence) a regular portion or allowance.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.

    历史

    Here he recommended me to fix my board, there being an excellent ordinary daily at two o'clock, at which I might dine or not as I pleased.

  7. 7.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.

    古体 历史
  8. 8.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.

    政治 纹章
  9. 9.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.

  10. 10.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰
  11. 11.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    A penny farthing bicycle.

    历史
  12. 12.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.

    宗教
  13. 13.

    Something ordinary or regular.

    A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.

    Alternative letter-case form of Ordinary (“those parts of the Mass which are consistent from day to day”).

    宗教
  14. 14.

    A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.

    A devotional manual; a book setting our rules for proper conduct.

    废旧
  15. 15.

    A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.

    A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of a liturgy, especially of Mass.

    宗教
adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.

    法律
  2. 2.

    Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.

    普通

    平常

    平凡

    On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym.

  3. 3.

    Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.

    I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica.

    He looked so ordinary, I never thought he'd be capable of murder.

  4. 4.

    Bad or undesirable.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 非正式

    1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480, It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed.

    1961, Joanna White, quoted in 2005, A. James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, Ten Pound Poms: Australia′s Invisible Migrants, page 80, For myself, I loved adventure and travelling. I′d already done quite a bit of travelling in Europe and — couldn′t get enough of it and whilst my marriage, at that stage, was very happy, he was very entrenched as a Londoner, Cockney, absolutely Cockney Londoner, and I could see that our future was pretty ordinary and so my hidden agenda I suppose was to drag him out to Australia and hope that both our lifestyles would improve and there would be new opportunities.

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词源

From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).

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