extraordinary

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ If you describe something or someone as extraordinary, you mean that they have some extremely good or special quality. 非凡的[表贊許]
We've made extraordinary progress as a society in that regard. 我們社會在那方麪已經(jīng)取得了巨大進(jìn)步。
The task requires extraordinary patience and endurance. 這項(xiàng)工作需要非凡的耐心和毅力。
2. extraordinarilyADV 非凡地[ADV adj]
She's extraordinarily disciplined. 她特別遵守紀(jì)律。
3. ADJ If you describe something as extraordinary, you mean that it is very unusual or surprising. 非同尋常的[強(qiáng)調(diào)]
What an extraordinary thing to happen!
發(fā)生了多麼非同尋常的事啊！
4. extraordinarilyADV 非同尋常地
Apart from the hair, he looked extraordinarily unchanged. 除了頭發(fā)，他看上去真是一點(diǎn)也沒變。
5. ADJ An extraordinary meeting is arranged to deal with a particular situation or problem, rather than happening regularly. 特別的 (會議)[正式] [ADJ n]
The U.S. has called for an extraordinary emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission to examine the crisis. 美國已要求召開一次聯(lián)郃國人權(quán)委員特別緊急會議來調(diào)查這次危機(jī)。

We witnessed the extraordinary sight of an old lady climbing a tree to rescue her cat .
The rain forest is home to many extraordinary creatures .
She has an extraordinary memory and can remember details and names that I've long forgotten .
Whatever is that extraordinary object in the sky ?
Eastern Europe was completely transformed by the extraordinary events of 1989 and 1990.