extraordinary

【发音】

美 /ɪkˈstrɔrdənerɪ; ɪkˈstrɔrdnˌɛrɪ/ 英 /ɪk'strɔːdnri/

【翻译】

1. adj. 非同寻常的， 特别的

   英释:very unusual or surprising

【记忆】

extra(以外的) ＋ ordinary(平常的) → 平常之外的 → 非同寻常的

【短语】

1. extraordinary general meeting : 特别会员大会；非常股东大会

【例句】

1. It took an extraordinary amount of work.

   这费了相当多的功夫。

2. It’s extraordinary that he should make exactly the same mistake again.

   真想不到他又犯了完全相同的错误。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...their memories are highly self-centred: although they can remember “autobiographical” life events in extraordinary detail...

2. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...A couple of recent papers have finally opened a window on these people’s extraordinary minds...

3. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...there is no such thing as a “perfect” memory—their extraordinary minds are still using the same flawed tools that the rest of us rely on...

4. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...The authors of the Berkeley study theorize that the teachers leave because of the extraordinary demands: long hours...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.非凡的；特别的；离奇的；临时的；特派的

   remarkable/particular/temporary/special/wonder/

【同根词】

1. adv

   extraordinarily : 非常；格外地；非凡地

2. n

   extraordinariness : 格外