usual

CET4TEM4考研CET6中高频词基本词汇

英 ['juːʒʊəl] 美['juʒuəl]

释义

adj. 通常的，惯例的；平常的

近义词

everyday typical regular ordinary common customary normal

中文词源

usual 平常的

来自use,使用，引申义平常的。

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).

双语例句

1. The first snow came a month earlier than usual.: 第一场雪比往年提早了一个月。

2. They have the usual quota of human weaknesses, no doubt.: 毫无疑问，他们身上也有人所共有的弱点。

3. Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.: 他没像平时那样优雅庄重地走着，而是几乎跑了起来。

4. 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。

5. It is usual to tip waiters, porters, guides and drivers.: 给服务员、行李搬运工、导游和司机小费是惯例。

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"

实用场景例句

She made all the usual excuses.: 她净找了些司空见惯的借口。

He came home later than usual.: 他回家比平时晚了些。

She sat in her usual seat at the back.: 她坐在后排平时惯坐的位子上。

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。

He didn't sound like his usual happy self.: 他听起来不像平常那个乐天派了。

Steve, as usual, was the last to arrive.: 史蒂夫照例来得最晚。

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。

Despite her problems, she carried on working as usual.: 尽管她有困难，她照样继续工作。

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.

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.

As usual, the police will have a difficult time.: 和往常一样, 警察的日子将不好过.

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.

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.

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.

He displayed his usual pessimism.: 他流露出惯有的悲观.

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.

I had an usual experience yesterday.: 昨天我经历了一次不寻常的事情.

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.

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.

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.

It's only 799, half the usual price and it's very tasty.

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.

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.

The fashion for teams is also spreading from the usual corporate suspects such as GE and IB to some more unusual ones.

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.

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.

Cleaning the pants will take longer than usual.

This is consistent with young children's usual tendency to look longer at things that aren't familiar.

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.

The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papersas usual.

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.

You start with English as usual, then business studies and after the break, history and art.

There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” news.

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”.

There are also stories about newly adoptive – and newly single – mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual "Jennifer Aniston is pregnant" news.

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

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。