1 ADJ [verb-link ADJ] 通常的；寻常的；惯常的 Usual is used to describe what happens or what is done most often in a particular situation. 通常的；寻常的；惯常的
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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。
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She's smiling her usual friendly smile.
她脸上挂着她一贯的微笑。
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After lunch there was a little more clearing up to do than usual.
午餐之后要做的清扫工作比平时略多。
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We've had more press coverage in the last three weeks than in the usual three years.
过去的三个星期里，媒体对我们的报道比往常的三年还多。
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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。
SYN normal, customary, regular, expected
Usual is also a noun.
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The stout barman in a bow tie presented himself to take their order. 'Good morning, sir. The usual?'
那名打着领结的矮胖酒吧招待走上前来请他们点餐。“早上好，先生们。还是平常那些吗？”
2 PHRASE 像平常一样；照例 You use as usual to indicate that you are describing something that normally happens or that is normally the case. 像平常一样；照例
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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。
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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。
3 PHRASE （尤指其他事情有变化时）照常 If something happens as usual, it happens in the way that it normally does, especially when other things have changed. （尤指其他事情有变化时）照常
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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。
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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。
4 business as usual→see: business
| Word Partnership | Use usual with: |
| ADV. | less/more than usual, longer than usual 1 |
| N. | usual place, usual routine, usual self, usual stuff, usual suspects, usual way 1 |
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