单词 | usual |
释义 | usu·al I. 1. < it is usual to give way to the vehicle on one's right — Richard Joseph > < charged only half his usual fee in view of their poverty > 2. < tried a short cut instead of following the usual route > < sent someone strange instead of the usual substitute > 3. < the characters were better drawn than is usual in romantic drama — A.H.Quinn > < all the facilities usual to a military base — American Guide Series: Nevada > Synonyms: < it is with the domestic artist as with artists at large — painters, architects, and others — the usual error lies in excess prompted by undue desire for admiration — Herbert Spencer > < it is usual, when visiting a new mother for the first time, to take a little present for the baby — Agnes M. Miall > customary describes what characteristically accords with the practices or usages of a particular individual or community < no idea how men behave when their customary way of life is disrupted and their familiar habits are disordered — Walter Lippmann > < settle down to his customary occupations or amusements — W.M.Thackeray > < the customary arts of the pleader, the appeal to the sympathies of the public, the introduction into court of weeping wife and children — G.L.Dickinson > habitual applies to what is settled by long repetition into a habit, followed or conformed to without thoughtful intent < the appearance of self-possession or poise that comes from an habitual attention to what is graceful and becoming — D.C.Hodges > < then I stop ashamed, for I am talking habitual thoughts, and not adapting them to her ear, forgetting beauty in the pursuit of truth — W.B.Yeats > wonted may apply to that favored, sought, or purposefully cultivated < his nerve steadied itself back into its wonted control — C.G.D.Roberts > < threw himself with his wonted zest into appreciating the thoughts and feelings of his artistic friends — R.F.Harrod > accustomed may refer to that long practiced, now habitual or customary, and noticed, looked for, or expected by others < will be long before I recover my accustomed cheerfulness — W.S.Gilbert > < pausing to fling out an arm with some familiar accustomed gesture in a House of Commons — A.T.Quiller-Couch > • - as usual II. < old tabbies would begin asking questions of me, like what my name was, where was my folks, and the usual — Helen Eustis > < a reserve of available funds in case their customers should happen to require more than their usual — J.A.Todd > |
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