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that happens or is done most of the time or in most cases 通常的；尋常的；慣常的 This is the usual way of doing it. 這是通常的做法。 He came home later than usual. 他回家比平時晚了些。 He didn't sound like his usual happy self. 他聽起來不像平常那個樂天派了。 She sat in her usual seat at the back. 她坐在後排平時慣坐的位子上。 They asked me why I wanted the job and why I thought I was suitable—you know, the usual thing. 他們問我爲什麽想要這份工作，爲什麽我認爲我合適——你知道，這是常事。 You need to enter all the usual stuff—name, address, credit card details. 你需要輸入所有常用的東西——姓名、地址、信用卡詳細信息。 Our usual practice is to ask for references from previous employers. 我們通常的做法是向以前的僱主尋求參考。 She made all the usual excuses. 她淨找了些司空見慣的借口。 - usual for somebody/something
This weather is not usual for this time of year. 這種天氣在一年的這個時候並不常見。 - it is usual to do something
It is usual to start a speech by thanking everybody for coming. 講話前先感謝大家光臨，這是慣例。 - it is usual for somebody/something to do something
It is not usual for a head of government to attend a meeting like this. 政府首腦參加這樣的會議是不尋常的。 - usual in somebody/something
This kind of behaviour is far from usual in children of this age. 這種行爲對於這個年齡的孩子來說絕不尋常。
Extra ExamplesIt's usual for the man to propose marriage. 通常是男人求婚。 It's very usual for people to leave books and papers behind. 人們落下書報忘帶走是很平常的事。 The metal can then be painted in the usual way. 這種金屬随後可按慣常方式上漆。 He was sitting in his usual chair by the window. 他正坐在靠窗的普通椅子上。 It is usual for the employer to pay the costs. 通常由僱主來支付這些費用。 She arrived at the usual time. 她到的時間和平時一樣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- quite
- very
- far from
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- for
- as per usual
- as usual
- like usual
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- the usualnoun [singular] (informal)
what usually happens; what you usually have, especially the drink that you usually have 慣常的事物；（尤指）常喝的飲料
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin usualis, from Latin usus ‘a use’, from uti ‘to use’.
Idioms
as per normal/usual
as usual
in the same way as what happens most of the time or in most cases 照例；照舊；像往常一樣
business as usual
a way of saying that things will continue as normal despite a difficult situation （盡管處境困難）一切照常，不受幹擾 It's business as usual at the factory, even while investigators sift through the bomb wreckage. 即使在調查人員檢查炸彈殘骸的時候，工廠仍照常運轉。
the usual suspects
the people you would usually expect to do something or be included in something 平常： 您通常期望做某事或被某事包括在内的人She thanked all the usual suspects in her acceptance speech: her family, the director, the cast and the crew. 她在獲獎感言中感謝了所有常見的嫌疑人:她的家人、導演、演員和工作人員。