基本释义
- adj.
- 通常的，常有的，常见的; 平常的，普通的; 平时的，平日的; 一向的，老是那一套的
实用例句
She made all the usual excuses.
她净找了些司空见惯的借口。
牛津词典
He came home later than usual.
他回家比平时晚了些。
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She sat in her usual seat at the back.
她坐在后排平时惯坐的位子上。
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It is usual to start a speech by thanking everybody for coming.
讲话前先感谢大家光临，这是惯例。
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He didn't sound like his usual happy self.
他听起来不像平常那个乐天派了。
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Steve, as usual, was the last to arrive.
史蒂夫照例来得最晚。
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As usual at that hour, the place was deserted.
跟平常那个时刻一样，那地方空荡荡的。
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Despite her problems, she carried on working as usual.
尽管她有困难，她照样继续工作。
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It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems...
这是个为各种内城常见问题所困扰的社区。
She's smiling her usual friendly smile...
她脸上挂着她一贯的微笑。
As usual there will be the local and regional elections on June the twelfth...
照例，6月12日将会进行地方及区域选举。
The front pages are, as usual, a mixture of domestic and foreign news.
像平常一样，头版上刊登着国内外新闻。
When somebody died everything went on as usual, as if it had never happened...
就算有人死了一切也都照常进行，好像什么事都没发生过。
With medication, life at home goes on as usual.
接受药物治疗后，家里的生活还能一切如常。
The DC static high voltage meter is the main instrument for measuring voltage of the insulators.
直流高压静电电压表是测量绝缘电阻表端电压的主要设备.
期刊摘选
It used to be usual to bind out promising boys for many years.
过去,人们经常让有出息的男孩子拜师学艺好多年.
《简明英汉词典》
As usual, the police will have a difficult time.
和往常一样, 警察的日子将不好过.
《用法词典》
She handled the awkward situation with her usual quiet diplomacy.
她以惯常的不喜张扬的策略应付了尴尬的局面.
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I could hear the director teeing off on his client's complaint as usual.
我能听到主任又像平时一样对客户的抱怨发火.
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There was the usual romantic postscript at the end of his letter.
他的信末又是一贯的浪漫附言.
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He displayed his usual pessimism.
他流露出惯有的悲观.
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Ah Q would rise to the bait as usual, and glare furiously.
阿Q照例地发了怒, 他怒目而视了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
I had an usual experience yesterday.
昨天我经历了一次不寻常的事情.
《用法词典》
As nothing else happened and everything quieted down again, the man put away his gun, looking quite embarrassed, but he soon regained his usual sedateness.
随后,再也没有什么动静了.他收起了手枪, 显得尴尬异常, 但很快便恢复了常态.
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真题例句
The fashion for teams is also spreading from the usual corporate suspects to some more unusual ones.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Brits stayed up a half-hour later to watch it, and then they woke up earlier than usual the next morning thanks to summer nights, the phenomenon in which the sun barely sets in northern countries in the summertime.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文It's only 799, half the usual price and it's very tasty.
出自-2012年6月听力原文After four months, the patients using the computerized CBT programs had no improvement in over the patients who were only getting usual care from their doctors.
2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CIn Beijing, one registration office had about 300 couples seeking to get married the day after the changes were announced, rather than the usual number of between 70 and 80.
2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section AThe fashion for teams is also spreading from the usual corporate suspects such as GE and IB to some more unusual ones.
2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section BThe patients were split into three groups: one group received only usual care from a physician while the other two groups received usual care from a physician plus one of two computerized CBT programs.
2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CThe study looked at computer-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and found that it was no more effective in treating depression than the usual care patients receive from a primary care doctor.
2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CCleaning the pants will take longer than usual.
出自-2013年12月听力原文This is consistent with young children's usual tendency to look longer at things that aren't familiar.
2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section CAs usual, the voice of Peter Sallis is absolutely perfect for the role of Wallace, and Gromit is so beautifully brought to life, he can express a huge range of emotions without saying a word.
2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papersas usual.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 完形填空 原文When the polluting industries argue that we've lost the battle to control carbon pollution and have no choice but to adapt, it's a nonsense designed to make the case for business as usual.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文You start with English as usual, then business studies and after the break, history and art.
2016年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news.
出自-2011年考研阅读原文Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue my goal of running a company”.
出自-2011年考研阅读原文There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual "Jennifer Aniston is pregnant" news.
2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
1. occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure;
"grew the usual vegetables"
"the usual summer heat"
"came at the usual time"
"the child's usual bedtime"
2. commonly encountered;
"a common (or familiar) complaint"
"the usual greeting"
同义词辨析
common, ordinary, commonplace, general, usual, popular, universal
这些形容词均含有"普通的，普遍的"之意。
usual, customary, habitual, conventional, regular
这些形容词均有"通常的，惯常的"之意。
- usual： 普通用词，概念广泛。指经常发生或意料中的事，既可指自然发生的现象，也可指按个人习惯或惯例而做的事。
- customary： 指特定的个人或群体的平常习惯，或习俗性的行为。
- habitual： 指按个人习惯反复发生的事情。侧重经常性、习惯性。
- conventional： 语气强，指遵守已成习惯的事情，强调符合惯例，由人们普遍认可。
- regular： 着重遵守约定俗成的规则。