usual
美音:
[´ju:ʒəwəl
]英音:
[´ju:ʒəwəl
]adj.平常的,通常的,惯例的
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usual为中学词汇
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词形变化:
名词:usualness 副词:usually
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us,uti=to use(使用)
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usual
/'ju:ʒl; `juʒəl/
adj
1 such as happens or is done or used, etc in many or most instances; customary 通常的; 平常的; 惯常的
*make all the usual excuses 用尽司空见惯的藉口
* She arrived later than usual. 她到得比平常 晚.
* As is usual with children, they soon got tired. 孩子们一贯如此, 他们很快就厌倦了.
* When the accident happened, the usual crowd gathered. 事故发生时, 照例有许多人围观.
* He wasn't his usual self. 他失去了常态.
* (infml 口) I'll have my usual, please, ie my usual drink, etc. 请给我来一份我通常要的(我常要的饮料等).
2 (idm 习语) as usual as is usual 像往常一样
*You're late, as usual. 你像平常一样又迟到了.
* As usual, there weren't many people at the meeting. 像往常一样, 来开会的人不多. business as usual => business.
usual
adj
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin;Origin: usualis, from Latin usus; USE1]
happening, done, or existing most of the time or in most situations
Make a cheese sauce in the usual way.
I'll meet you at the usual time.
longer/higher/worse etc than usual
It is taking longer than usual for orders to reach our customers.
She ate twice as much as usual .
it is usual (for sb) to do sth
It's usual to keep records of all expenses.
as usual
in the way that happens or exists most of the time
As usual, they'd left the children at home with Susan.
They didn't invite any women, as usual.
as per usual
spoken used to say that something bad that often happens has just happened again
He just laughed at me, as per usual.
the usualspoken
a) used for talking about something that usually happens, is usually done etc
'What was he going on about this time?' 'Oh, the usual.'
b) the drink that you usually have, especially in a particular bar
A pint of the usual please, Paul.
not your usual self
behaving differently from the way you usually behave, especially by seeming worried or upset about something
Keith doesn't seem his usual self these days.
1. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. 但这回狱卒给贵族的信没有像往常那样把全文写全,
2. Why wasn´t it possible to observe the electric discharge in the usual way?" 为什么按正常方法不能观测到放电量?”
3. Welfare sent Suzanne to look around in my apartment the other day because the chemist said I was using a larger than usual amount of medical supplies. 前几天,由于药剂师说我使用的医疗用品超出常量,于是福利部门派苏珊娜到我的住所调查。
4. The plane deviated from its usual route. 飞机偏离了正常的航线.
5. The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable. 这就要求我比平时早11分钟把自己从床上拽起来,这种自我约束是很艰苦的。
6. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. 两个主要种植者,朱塞皮.莫尔道瓦和里卡多.布拉班特告诉我,他们一直期待着今年获得一个大丰收,收割工作比往年开始要早些。
7. Not only was the meal well below the usual standard, but Bessie seemed unable to walk steadily. 结果,不仅饭菜远不如平时做得好,而且贝西走起路来似乎东倒西歪。
8. His deep-set eyes appeared more sunken than usual. 他那双本来就深陷的眼睛显得比平常更加凹陷了。
9. He developed 150 or so X-rays, his usual output, to celebrate. 他以平日的工作量,冲洗大约150张X光胶片来庆祝这个日子。
10. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. 在一起相处的两年中,我们经历了一对情侣在学着相互了解、理解和尊重时常常出现的磕磕碰碰。
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