I just want an ordinary car without the frills.

我只要一辆没有多余装饰的普通汽车。

Now electrical appliances have entered into ordinary families.

现在家用电器已经步入普通家庭。

It was an ordinary lunch of soup and a sandwich.

那是一顿平淡的午餐:一份汤,一份三明治。

The inside of the house is rather ordinary.

房子的内部相当平淡无奇。

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.

这次会议非同小可。

The meal was very ordinary.

这顿饭平常得很。

In the ordinary way, she's not a nervous person.

一般而言，她是个不爱紧张的人。

I'm looking for something a little more out of the ordinary.

我正在找些稍不寻常的东西。

I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me...

我坚定地认为绝大部分老百姓会赞同我的观点。

It has 25 calories less than ordinary ice cream...

它所含热量比普通的冰激凌少了25卡路里。

I'm just a very ordinary, boring normal guy...

我只是一个颇为平庸无趣的普通人。

Your life since then must have seemed very ordinary.

你的生活从那时起一定非常平淡无奇。

The boy's knowledge was out of the ordinary...

这个男孩懂得的知识非比寻常。

I've noticed nothing out of the ordinary.

我没注意到什么特别之处。

A few hundred police and guards have formed an underground resistance movement.

一些警察和卫兵秘密组成了地下抵抗抵抗组织.

He was demoted to the rank of ordinary soldier.

他被降为普通一兵.

ordinary people would then be able to use them to obtain valuable information.

那时平常的人便能运用它们去获取宝贵的信息.

It's the lunatic fringe of the Animal Liberation Front which smashes the windows of butchers'shops, not ordinary members like us.

是 “动物解放阵线”的极端分子打碎了肉店的玻璃窗, 可不是我们这样的普通成员.

He can make ordinary things sound interesting.

他能把极平常的事儿说得很动听.

The council are pleased with the results of bringing ordinary citizens in on local library planning.

议会对请普通公民帮助设计地方图书馆的结果感到满意.

The article is a slander on ordinary working people.

那篇文章是对普通劳动大众的诋毁.

He was a person out of the ordinary.

他是一个不同凡响的人物.

Addis's no ordinary baker 'u2014 he's an artist.

阿迪斯是个非同寻常的面包师——他简直是个大师.

The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.

这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的.

Judging by the ordinary standards, he was reliable.

用一般标准来衡量, 他是可信赖的.

I wouldn't go there in the ordinary way, but this time I have to.

平常我不愿去那里, 但这次我不得不去.

The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people.

这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活.

The manager of the company is a person of ordinary common sense.

该公司的经理是一个见识平凡的人.

用作定语～+ n.

1. He has always rated himself above ordinary musicians.
   他总认为自己比一般的音乐家高。
2. The royal family is insulated from many of the difficulties faced by ordinary people.
   皇室成员与世隔绝,许多普通百姓面临的难处他们都未必面对。
3. He says he's just an ordinary man, living in an ordinary house, with ordinary hopes and fears.
   他说他只是一个普通人,住着平常的房子,怀着寻常的希冀和忧惧。
4. I've got an ordinary sort of car, nothing special.
   我的汽车是一辆普通牌子的车,没有什么特殊。
5. We were dressed up for the party but she was still in her ordinary clothes.
   我们都盛装赴会,而她却依然日常装束。
6. Her ordinary tone of voice is very loud.
   她通常说话声音很响。
7. He has brains above the ordinary people.
   他头脑比普通人灵活。
8. He supplements his ordinary income by writing books.
   他靠编写书籍来增加平常的收入。
9. That is only an ordinary incident.
   这只不过是日常小事。
10. He worked neither for fame nor fortune and always fought at his ordinary post.
    他不为名、不为利,始终战斗在平凡的岗位上。

用作表语S+be+～

1. His speech was just ordinary.
   他的讲话很平常。
2. She is likable enough, but very ordinary.
   她还算可爱,但实在没什么特别的风韵。
3. The novelist's latest book is quite ordinary.
   这位小说家最近出版的书相当平淡无味。

用作宾语补足语S+V+O+as ～

1. He describes himself as ordinary.
   他把自己看作普通人。

in the ordinary way

在一般情况下,就通常情况而言 if the circumstances are usual

out of the ordinary (way)

不寻常的,例外,特殊的 unusual, uncommon

～+名词

• ordinary%20residents">ordinary residents市民
• ordinary%20times">ordinary times平时
• ordinary%20way">ordinary way平常的方法,常情

• Two well-known items of the ordinary, Sanctus I and Sanctus XI.

  出自：Gramophone

• His ordinary manner was a composed geniality.

  出自：J. Buchan

• The artists mainly produced typical, ordinary Dutch scenes.

  出自：Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator

• Holidays are escapes from the routine of ordinary day-to-day existence.

  出自：A. Storr

在邮局

ordinary

A：Would you please weigh this letter to see what the postage is?
麻烦您称一下这封信，看看需要多少邮资，好吗？

B：Do you want to send it byordinary or registered mail?
您是要寄普通信还是挂号信？

A：Byordinary air mail, please.
请给我寄普通航空信。

B：Anything of value in it?
里面有什么值钱的东西吗？

A：A postal order for four hundred dollars.
一张400 美元的邮政汇票。

B：In that case, you’d better have it registered.
既然那样，您最好寄挂号信。

A：Will I be informed when my friend gets the letter?
当我朋友收到这封信后，我会被通知吗？

ordinary

B：Yes, when your friend gets it, he’ll sign a receipt, which will be sent to you by mail. Then you can be sure it’s been received.
是的，当您的朋友收到信后，他将签一张收据，这张收据会寄给您，您就可以确定他收到了。

A：All right, I’ll have it registered, then.
好，那我就寄挂号信。