usual
英 ['juːʒʊəl]
美['juʒuəl]
- adj. 通常的，惯例的；平常的
中文词源
usual 平常的
来自use,使用，引申义平常的。
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- usual
- usual: [14] That which is usual is etymologically that which is commonly ‘used’ or employed, or which commonly obtains. The word was acquired, probably via Old French usual, from late Latin ūsuālis, a derivative of Latin ūsus (source of the English noun use).
=> use - usual (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French usuel "current, in currency (of money), valid" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin usualis "ordinary," from Latin usus "custom" (see use (v.)). The usual suspects is from a line delivered by Claude Rains (as a French police inspector) in "Casablanca" (1942).
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。
common： 多用于指物，侧重很常见，不稀奇。
ordinary： 用于物，指每天发生，十分平淡无奇；用于人，指无特别之处，很一般。
commonplace： 强调缺少新意。
general： 语气强于common，侧重大多如此，很少有例外情况。
usual： 指常见常闻和常做的事或举动，强调惯常性。
popular： 指适应大众爱好、需要，为大家所公认或接受。
universal与general同义，但语气较强，侧重对每个人或事物都适用，根本没有例外。
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。
考试真题
- The fashion for teams is also spreading from the usual corporate suspects ( ' , such as GE and IBM) 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 C
- In 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 A
- The 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 B
- The 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 C
- The 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 C
- Cleaning 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 C
- As 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
词组搭配
as usual
As commonly or habitually happens
照例：和平常或习惯一样
As usual, I slept late that Saturday morning.
和平时一样，那个星期六早晨我起得很迟
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- She sat in her usual seat at the back.
- 她坐在后排平时惯坐的位子上。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- He didn't sound like his usual happy self.
- 他听起来不像平常那个乐天派了。
牛津词典
- Steve, as usual, was the last to arrive.
- 史蒂夫照例来得最晚。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- Despite her problems, she carried on working as usual.
- 尽管她有困难，她照样继续工作。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She's smiling her usual friendly smile...
- 她脸上挂着她一贯的微笑。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- He displayed his usual pessimism.
- 他流露出惯有的悲观.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》