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单词 ordinariness
释义
ordinariness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɔː.dən.əri.nəs/us
/ˌɔːr.dənˈer.i.nəs/
thequalityof not being different orspecialorunexpectedin any way:
Sheexpectedhim toactlike astar, but she wassurprisedat his ordinariness.
thedullordinariness of herlife
See
ordinary
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  • It was not anunusualface, butitsvery ordinarinessmovedhim.
  • She wasgratefulfor thesheerordinariness of it all.
  • It is her ordinariness that makes herachievementsall the moreoutstanding.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plain and ordinary
  • as it comesidiom
  • austere
  • austerely
  • austerity
  • average Joe
  • generalized
  • homeliness
  • homely
  • homespun
  • homey
  • run-of-the-mill
  • severe
  • severely
  • simple
  • something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
  • unoriginal
  • unostentatiously
  • unremarkable
  • well trodden
  • workaday
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(Definition ofordinarinessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofordinariness

ordinariness
Thisordinariness, which stands in direct conflict with their actual fame, serves both to diffuse fame's negative connotations and promote its accessibility to the audience.
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Or it might transpire in a strange infatuation with the commonplace, so long as thisordinarinessis clearly established as a new aesthetic.
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The issue of where each stands vis-' -vis culture's multiplicity-not to be a confused with culture'sordinariness-is too complex to enter into here.
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However, by examining the context of these statements, it appears that the use of 'natural' refers to normality or 'ordinariness' rather than any biological reason.
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The use ofordinarinessas a defence to commercialism, as a form of authenticity, was no longer enough.
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In the first instance, a high standard ofordinarinesswill suffice.
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The notions of friendship and conversation, in their veryordinariness, express what is most important in the best of routine practice.
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It is the way that respondents interpretordinarinesswhich is situationally determined.
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This 'ordinariness' contrasts markedly with the drama and pathology, which is so often featured in journalistic, or agency accounts of homelessness.
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In his argument, that distance establishes "a space ofordinariness," a "position" that can claim "to speak for and embody the commonality of humanity" (222-23).
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Ordinarinesscan no longer defend them from the attendant distance and commercialisation of being so famous, since it is crushed by the momentum of the large culture industry machine.
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Everything is just disguise, play, jest, flirtation and irony: things that ought to be in every way more difficult to grasp than the usualordinarinessof life.
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That constituency link—the communication and contact with the average elector—is the principal means by which politicians retain theirordinariness.
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The more humour, the moreordinarinessthat there is in our information which we put over to foreign countries, the better it will be put over.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thisordinarinesscan get to a point of distorting reality.
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