u·su·al
adjective/ˈjuːʒuəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
/ˈjuːʒuəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
Idioms - that happens or is done most of the time or in most cases
通常的；寻常的；惯常的 - This is the usual way of doing it.
通常都是这么做的。 - He came home later than usual.
他回家比平时晚了些。 - He didn't sound like his usual happy self.
他听起来不像平常那个乐天派了。 - She sat in her usual seat at the back.
她坐在后排平时惯坐的位子上。 - They asked me why I wanted the job and why I thought I was suitable—you know, the usual thing.
他们问我为什么想要这份工作，为什么我认为自己适合——你知道，这是很平常的事情。 - You need to enter all the usual stuff—name, address, credit card details.
您需要输入所有常用信息——姓名、地址、信用卡详细信息。 - Our usual practice is to ask for references from previous employers.
我们通常的做法是向以前的雇主询问推荐信。 - She made all the usual excuses.
她净找了些司空见惯的借口。 - usual for somebody/something This weather is not usual for this time of year.
在这个季节这种天气不正常。 - it is usual to do something 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。 - it is usual for somebody/something to do something It is not usual for a head of government to attend a meeting like this.
政府首脑出席这样的会议并不常见。 - usual in somebody/something This kind of behaviour is far from usual in children of this age.
这种行为对于这个年龄的孩子来说绝不寻常。
Extra Examples- It'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.
人们落下书报忘带走是很平常的事。 - The metal can then be painted in the usual way.
这种金属随后可按惯常方式上漆。 - He was sitting in his usual chair by the window.
他坐在窗边他惯用的椅子上。 - It is usual for the employer to pay the costs.
通常由雇主来支付这些费用。 - She arrived at the usual time.
她到的时间和平时一样。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- quite
- very
- far from
- …
- for
- as per usual
- as usual
- like usual
- …
- This is the usual way of doing it.
- the usualnoun [singular] (informal) what usually happens; what you usually have, especially the drink that you usually have
惯常的事物；（尤指）常喝的饮料
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
- (informal) in the way that is normal or usual; as often happens
照常；按惯例；一如既往 - Everyone blamed me as per usual.
大家照例是责怪我。
- Everyone blamed me as per usual.
as usual
- in the same way as what happens most of the time or in most cases
照例；照旧；像往常一样 - 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。 - Despite the problems staff arrived for work as usual.
尽管有困难，员工照常来上班。
- Steve, as usual, was the last to arrive.
business as usual
- a way of saying that things will continue as normal despite a difficult situation
（尽管处境困难）一切照常，不受干扰 - It's business as usual at the factory, even while investigators sift through the bomb wreckage.
即使在调查人员检查炸弹残骸的时候，工厂仍照常运转。
- It's business as usual at the factory, even while investigators sift through the bomb wreckage.
the usual suspects
- the people you would usually expect to do something or be included in something
惯常做某事的人；通常在某事之列的人 - She thanked all the usual suspects in her acceptance speech: her family, the director, the cast and the crew.
她在获奖感言中感谢了所有通常要提到的人：她的家人、导演以及全体演职人员。
- She thanked all the usual suspects in her acceptance speech: her family, the director, the cast and the crew.