单词 | as a rule(as usual) |
释义 | rule , as a ~: as usual — 889 同 as usual 不一样, as a rule 这个短语总是指多次发生的事情,相当于 usually 这个副词,可以不受时态的限制(参见词条 P.888 ),而 as usual 这个复合状语则只能用于一般过去时态(注: as usual 原是 as is usual 的省略,是状语从句)。 例如: As a rule we get up about six o'clock in the morning. 我们照例于早晨 6 点左右起床。(不受时态限制) It snowed all day, but the bus ran as usual. 雪下了一整天,可公共汽车照常行驶。(只能用一般过去时态) As a rule he went home twice a month. 他照例每月回家两次。(表达多次的事情) As usual he went to bed at nine last night. 昨晚上他照常于 9 点睡觉。(表达某一次) |
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