Word · Frequency #1387
ordinary
普通事物；平常情况
Something ordinary or regular; the usual or commonplace condition or situation.
常用于 out of the ordinary，表示“不寻常、异常”。
- 1.
A person with authority; authority, ordinance.
有权势的人；权威,法令。
- 2.
The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day
罗马天主教弥撒中每天不变的部分。
- 3.
a judge of a probate court
遗嘱认证法庭的法官
- 4.
Something ordinary or regular.
平常或常规的事物。
- 5.
the expected or commonplace condition or situation
预期或普通的情况或状况
- 6.
a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death
为死囚准备临终事务的神职人员
遗嘱认证法庭法官；弥撒常规部分；死囚牧师；掌权者；法令；有权势的人；权威,法令。
In use
In a world full of celebrities, he prefers to remain an ordinary.
The menu features the ordinaries of local street food.
She is not a VIP; she is just an ordinary like us.
not out of the ordinary
be out of the ordinary
表示不寻常，常用作表语。
The results are out of the ordinary.
结果不同寻常。
the ordinary
the ordinary 指平常的情况或状态。
We returned to the ordinary after the holiday.
假期后我们回到了平常状态。
Connections
Collocations
- out of the ordinary
- 不寻常的
- Nothing out of the ordinary happened today.今天没有发生什么不寻常的事。
- above the ordinary
- 超出一般的
- Her performance was above the ordinary.她的表现超出一般。
- the ordinary
- 平常的人或事
- He is content with the ordinary.他满足于平常的生活。
Pop culture & quotes
- We're just ordinary people
- 我们只是普通人From John Legend's song 'Ordinary People'出自约翰·传奇的歌曲《Ordinary People》
- I won't let you slip away, not in this ordinary world
- 我不会让你溜走，在这个平凡的世界里From Duran Duran's song 'Ordinary World'出自杜兰杜兰的歌曲《Ordinary World》
Learner notes
Memory Tip
ordinary中‘ord’像‘order’（命令），但‘ordinary’是普通日常，命令也很平凡。
Context & Register
法律专业用语，指遗嘱检验法院的法官。通常用于正式或司法语境。
Grammar Note
作为名词时，指'遗嘱检验法官'，主要用于法律语境，可数。
Pronunciation & Spelling
While 'imaginary' shares the /nɛri/ ending with 'ordinary' (rhyme), the other words end in -ary but have different preceding consonants: /dɛri/ (secondary), /ʃənɛri/ (dictionary), /sɛri/ (necessary), /rɛri/ (honorary), /tɛri/ (momentary). Spelling alone does not guarantee a true rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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