usual

英 ['ju????l] 美['ju?u?l]

反義詞

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usual 平常的

來(lái)自u(píng)se,使用，引申義平常的。

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).

1. The first snow came a month earlier than usual.: 第一場(chǎng)雪比往年提早了一個(gè)月。

2. They have the usual quota of human weaknesses, no doubt.: 毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，他們身上也有人所共有的弱點(diǎn)。

3. Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.: 他沒像平時(shí)那樣優(yōu)雅莊重地走著，而是幾乎跑了起來(lái)。

4. It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems.: 這是個(gè)為各種內(nèi)城常見問(wèn)題所困擾的社區(qū)。

5. It is usual to tip waiters, porters, guides and drivers.: 給服務(wù)員、行李搬運(yùn)工、導(dǎo)游和司機(jī)小費(fèi)是慣例。