Normal common ordinary usual的区别
normal ordinary
都含“正常的”、“正规的”的意思.
normal指“正常的”、“正规的”、“常态的”,如:
the normal temperature of the human body
人的正常体温.
ordinary指“平常的”、“普通的”强调“平常的”、“平淡无奇的”,如:
an ordinary day's work
日常工作.
His ordinary supper consists of only bread and milk.他通常的晚餐不过是面包和牛奶.
common强调“常见的”、“ 不足为奇的”,如：Colds are common in winter.感冒在冬天很常见.
usual:
(1) adj.平常的；通常的,惯常的 = normal,happening often
[例句]
Twelve o'clock is the usual time to have lunch.
十二点通常是吃饭的时间.
It's usual to have a holiday in the summer.夏天休假是惯例.
It can't move about in the usual way.
它不能象平常那样到处活动了.
as usual:as always 跟往常一样,象平常一样
Tony arrived late,as usual!托尼还是同往常一样迟到了!
辨析common 、ordinary、normal、usual、frequent以及general:
1) common “普通的”,“平常的”,“共有的”,指从质量或品德上无特殊,显眼或杰出之处,因而是大多数人或事物所具有的,常见的.
It’s an error quite common among schools.
This flower is common in spring.
2) ordinary 指符合一般或常规事物标准或相同的规格,因而只具有普通的特性.例如：
Although he is rich,he is always in ordinary dress.
common与ordinary基本同义,强调“平凡的,普通的”,表示随时可以碰到,不值得惊奇.如：
an ordinary ( a common) event 常有的事情
an ordinary (a common0 person 一个普通的人
3) normal 表示“正常的,常态的,正规的”,相对于非正常而言.例如：
Do you know the normal temperature of the human body.
His growth is normal for that age.
4) usual 通常与人的行为习惯有关,含义为“惯常的,通例的”.例如：
Tea is considered to be the usual drink of British people.
He arrived later than usual.
5) frequent 经常发生的；频繁的（事）.例如：
Frequent failures did not affect his morale.屡次失败都没有使他泄气.
Rains are frequent here in early summer.这儿在初夏季节常下雨.
在表示人的名词前用frequent表示：常见的.例如：
a frequent caller [visitor] 常客
6) general 意为“普遍的”、“一般的”,与高级想对应.例如：
This book is intended for the general reader,not for the specialist.这本书是为一般读者写的,不是为专家写的.
