0 not different or special or unexpected in any way; usual -- 普通的，平常的；平凡的；一般的
an ordinary neighbourhood 普通的街區
Readers of the magazine said they wanted more stories about ordinary people and fewer stories about the rich and famous. 這本雜誌的讀者說，他們希望多刊登一些普通人的故事，少一些關於富人和名人的事情。
Her last concert appearance in Britain was no ordinary (= a very special) performance. 她在英國的最後一場音樂會不同凡響。
If we hadn't seen the TV programme, we would have carried on giving money to the charity in the ordinary way. 要是我們沒有看這個電視節目，我們還會像往常那樣給該慈善組織捐錢的。
For the police, the incident was nothing out of the ordinary/did not seem out of the ordinary. 對於警方來說，這件事似乎沒有甚麼不尋常的地方。
Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
Movie theaters are harder to repurpose than ordinary stores in a shopping mall.
She accused the government of trampling on the needs and rights of the ordinary citizen.
At times, his performance verged on brilliance, but at others it was only ordinary.
My job's been downgraded to that of ordinary editor.
Thus, the many inns and ordinaries, taverns and alehouses that sat along highways and littered towns and villages nationwide were crucial in collecting and distributing the flow of news.
His aim is to motivate teachers to turn an ordinary lesson into an interesting one.
The urgency of passing time is expressed in a vocabulary which is both small and 'ordinary'.
