单词：ordinariness
n. 平凡；平常(ordinary的变形)
n. the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
词型变化：名词复数形式 : ordinarinesses
词性分布：
ordinary的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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。
常见句型
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语～+ n.- He has always rated himself above ordinary musicians.他总认为自己比一般的音乐家高。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- Her ordinary tone of voice is very loud.她通常说话声音很响。
- He has brains above the ordinary people.他头脑比普通人灵活。
- He supplements his ordinary income by writing books.他靠编写书籍来增加平常的收入。
- That is only an ordinary incident.这只不过是日常小事。
- 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。
- His speech was just ordinary.他的讲话很平常。
- She is likable enough, but very ordinary.她还算可爱,但实在没什么特别的风韵。
- 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。
- He describes himself as ordinary.他把自己看作普通人。
常用短语
用作形容词(adj.)
in the ordinary way- 在一般情况下,就通常情况而言 if the circumstances are usual
- 不寻常的,例外,特殊的 unusual, uncommon
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词- ordinary residents市民
- ordinary times平时
- ordinary way平常的方法,常情
经典引文
Two well-known items of the Ordinary, Sanctus I and Sanctus XI.
出自：GramophoneHis ordinary manner was a composed geniality.
出自：J. BuchanThe artists mainly produced typical, ordinary Dutch scenes.
出自：Hamilton (Ontario) SpectatorHolidays are escapes from the routine of ordinary day-to-day existence.
出自：A. Storr