customary, in accordance with what happens or is done in most cases
"grew the usual vegetables"
"the usual summer heat"
"came at the usual time"
"the child's usual bedtime"
"a common (or familiar) complaint"
"the usual greeting"
She was expected at Pimlico again, according to their usual arrangement.
出自: I. Murdoch
He gave the usual flourish of a dirty rag over the windscreen.
出自: N. Gordimer
误 As usual, she arrives last.
正 As usual, she arrived last.
误 You were late, as usual.
正 You're late, as usual.
析 as usual表示具体的某一次行为或动作时,一般不可用现在时,当表示现在的状态时,可用现在时。
误 Mrs. Hall came late, as usually.
正 Mrs. Hall came late, as usual.
析 as usual是固定短语,不可用as usually。
误 She came early as was usual for her.
误 She came early as was usual to her.
正 She came early as was usual with her.
析 be usual with sb 是固定短语,介词with不可改为介词to, for。
误 It is very usual that women go out to work in China.
正 It is very usual for women to go out to work in China.
析 usual用作表语时,可跟动词不定式的复合式,但不可跟that从句。