usual
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈjuː.ʒu.əl]
- 美式音标 [ˈjuː.ʒu.əl]
- 国际音标 ['ju:ʒuəl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.通常的；惯常的；惯例的
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的usuel，意为当今的；最初源自晚期拉丁语的usualis，意为普通的。
同根派生
- 同根词
- 词根：usual adv.
- usually通常，经常
用法辨析
- usual的意思是“通常的,寻常的,惯常的”,指正常的、通常发生的或期望发生的事物,或描述在特定情况下经常发生、经常进行或经常使用的事物。强调“习惯性的,遵循常规的,不陌生的”。
- usual在句中可用作定语或表语。用作定语时,其前一般加the或所有格代词,不能加a。
- usual在特定的上下文中有时可省略后面的被修饰词。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- The plane did not fly the usual commercial route.
飞机没有沿通常的商业航线飞行。 - Such cold weather is quite usual here in Nanjing at this time of the year.
南京每年这时有这样冷的天气是常见的。 - Is it usual to have milk with meals?
用餐时常喝牛奶吗?
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
It is/was+～+(for sb+) to- v
词组短语
- usual drink 日常饮料
- usual size 一般大小
- usual things 老一套
- quite usual 十分平常
- than usual 比平时;比往常;会比平常多
- usual route 惯驶航线
- usual a 通常的;平常的;常用的
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
副词+～
短语
英英字典
- normal; happening, done, or used most often
- Someone's usual is the drink, especially an alcoholic one, that they most often have, for example when in a bar
- Usual is used to describe what happens or what is done most often in a particular situation.
- Usual is also a noun.
- You use as usual to indicate that you are describing something that normally happens or that is normally the case.
- If something happens as usual, it happens in the way that it normally does, especially when other things have changed.
- business as usual&rarrsee business