區(qū)別common-general-normal-ordinary-usual的用法.doc

common “共有的,公共的,共同的” 其反義詞為“rare”。 The husband is French, the wife German, and the servant Italian, but they have English as a common language.丈夫是法國人，妻子是德國人，仆人是意大利人，但是英語是他們的共同語言。 a common saying (俗話) a common wish (一個共同的愿望) common knowledge / sense常識 “普通的,一般的,常見的,熟悉的” Pine trees are common in many parts of the world.松樹在世界上許多地方都很常見。 He wasnt a hero but just a common man.他不是英雄而是一般人. This sort of weather is quite common.這種天氣非常常見. have in common“和有共同之處;共享” He has nothing in common with his father.他和他父親無共同之處. Real friends should have everything in common.真正的朋友應(yīng)當(dāng)分享一切. ordinary ordinary 作形容詞用，表示“普通的，平常的”。Ordinary 與common基本同義，側(cè)重“平凡的，普通的”，表示“隨時可以碰到，不值得驚奇”，其反義詞為superior。如： His parents are ordinary workers. 他的父母是普通工人 He is an ordinary looking person.他是一個相貌平常的人。 She is busy with her ordinary days work.她正忙于日常的工作。 They live in an ordinary house.他們住在一所普通的房子里。 We were dressed up for the party but she was still in her ordinary clothes.我們都盛裝赴會，而她卻依然日常裝束。 Her new house is certainly out of the ordinary.她的新居真是不同凡響。2. 固定短語 out of the ordinary 表示“不尋常的，特殊的” in the ordinary way表示“就通常情況而言”。如： In the ordinary way he would have come with us, but hes not feeling well.在一般情況下他都和我們一起來，只是他現(xiàn)在身體不太好。 注:一件平凡的事 an ordinary/ a common event 一個普通人 an ordinary/ a common person generalgeneral側(cè)重“普遍”之意，表示在大多數(shù)人或物中流行并受到關(guān)注，不含有“地位低下”之意，其反義詞為 specific。如 There is a general election in that country every three years. 在那個國家每三年就有一次普選 / 大選。 I have got the general idea of what he said just now. 我已明白了他剛才所說的大體意思。 usualusual用來指事物，意為“通常的，慣常的”，含有“由于長時間沒有變化而形成了一種習(xí)慣或制度, 強(qiáng)調(diào)習(xí)慣性,一貫如此”之意，其反義詞為unusual。如 Its a usual thing with him.這對他來說是平常事。 He arrived later than usual.他到的比平時晚。 It is usual for him to sit up late at night. 他對熬夜已習(xí)以為常。 normal normal作形容詞，意為“正常的、常規(guī)的”。如： Harry seems like a normal boy, but his life is miserable.哈利似乎是一個正常的孩子，但是生活是悲慘的。 The normal temperature of the human body is about 37 degrees centigrade.人體正常的溫度大約是攝氏37度。 Weeping is normal response to pain.哭泣是痛苦的正常反應(yīng)。 The Indian music follows its own normal pattern of notes.印度音樂遵循它自己常規(guī)的音樂格調(diào)。 a normal school / university 一所師范學(xué)校 / 大學(xué) Her temperature is above / below normal.她的體溫高于 / 低于正常標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。 normal作名詞，僅用單數(shù)，意為“通常情況、常態(tài)、通常的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”。如： They worked long hours for several weeks before everything returned to normal.他們長時間工作了幾個星期后一切恢復(fù)了正常。 Things have returned to normal.事情已恢復(fù)常態(tài)。 自我檢測1. My letter, addressed to the wrong number, reached him a month later_.A. as expected B. than normal C. than usual D. as usual2. Trees of this kind are so _ that they can be seen everywhere.A. common B. usual C. special D. normal3. As you know, whether the person will be elected president is a matter of _ interest.A. general B. common C. ordinary D. mostly4. He didnt go into detail on the subject. He just spoke _.A. in particular B. in common C. in short D. in general5. After the earthquake, it took them quite some time to bring the city back to _.A. common B. general C. usual D. normal6. People who commit crimes like that arent mentally _.A. usual B. general C. normal D. common答案與解析1. C。than usual意為“比平?！薄?. A。common在這里表示“不稀有，到處可見”。3. A。句意為：那人是否被選為總統(tǒng)是（公眾）共同感興趣的問題。句意暗