1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]非凡的;優秀的;出色的 If you describe something or someone as extraordinary, you mean that they have some extremely good or special quality. 非凡的;優秀的;出色的 [approval]
We've made extraordinary progress as a society in that regard.
在那個方面,我們的社會已經取得了巨大的進步。
The task requires extraordinary patience and endurance.
Apart from the hair, he looked extraordinarily unchanged.
令人驚奇的是,除了頭發,他看起來一點兒都沒變。
Extraordinarily, the favourites for the title lie at the bottom of the table.
令人大跌眼鏡的是,奪標熱門竟然排名墊底。
3ADJ [ADJ n](會議)特别的 An extraordinary meeting is arranged specially to deal with a particular situation or problem, rather than happening regularly. (會議)特别的 [formal]
...at an extraordinary meeting of the sport's ruling body.
在體育運動管理機構的特别會議上
Representatives of the colonies met in an extraordinary congress.
各殖民地代表在一次特别大會上會面。
Word Link
Word Link
extra ≈ outside of : extract, extradite, extraordinary
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound顯得特別;不平常;感覺不普通;看上去不尋常;好像不平常;聽起來不尋常▸➤make sth使⋯令人驚奇◇What makes it so extraordinary is that the experts had all dismissed her theories as nonsense.非常奇怪的是,專家們都認為她的理論是胡說八道而不屑一顧。➤find sth覺得⋯不平常◇I find her attitude quite extraordinary.我發現她的態度相當反常。➤regard sth as, see sth as認為⋯特別;把⋯視為不一般ADVERB➤most, really, truly極不尋常▸➤absolutely, quite, simply絕對不尋常;十分不尋常;就是與眾不同◇It seems absolutely extraordinary.好像真的很特別。➤rather相當特別