【usually音标】 英[ˈju:ʒuəli] 美[ˈjuːʒuəli]
【单词释义】 usually是什么意思：
adv.通常地，经常地；平常，惯常地；一直，向来；动不动，一般；素
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
【关联词/派生词】
usual adj.通常的，常见的；平常的
【usually形近词/近似词】
gradually adv.逐步地，逐渐地，渐进地
continually adv. 不断地；不停地；持续地
unusually adv.不寻常地，异乎寻常地；特别地
annually adv.每年，每年一次
【单词例句】
◇ She found, to her surprise, that the door was open. She walked into the parlor, and everything looked so strange that she thought, "Oh, my God, why am I so afraid? I usually like it at grandmother's."
看到奶奶家的屋门敞开着，她感到很奇怪。她一走进屋子就有一种异样的感觉，心中便想：“天哪！平常我那么喜欢来奶奶家，今天怎么这样害怕？”
---- Little Red Cap
◇ Nothing happened.This was not really surprising.People don't usually get taller or shorter when they eat cake.
什么也没发生。这一点也不奇怪。一般来说，人们吃点蛋糕并不见得就长高或变矮。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ To prepare for the oncoming cold winter, people there like to eat high-calorie food such as chicken, duck, beef, mutton, and fish, which are usually stewed with the four Chinese medicines: angelica, ligusticum wallichii, Chinese herbaceous peony and rehmannia glutinosa libosch, to enhance the effectiveness of the nourishment.
为了应对即将到来的寒冬，那里的人会吃鸡、鸭、牛、羊、鱼肉这样的高热量食物，而且通常都会加入当归、川芎、白芍、熟地黄这四味中药炖成“四物汤”来提高滋补效果。
---- Start of Winter
◇ In addition, she had to wait in a queue early for the minibus that took her to school and it was usually so cold that she felt numb.
此外，她还得冒着把人冻得麻木的寒冷早起排队等小型巴士去学校。
---- Study in America
◇ So as to acquire accurate stories, she usually demands to record what they say. Meanwhile, a technically good colleague will assist her in taking photographs.
为了获得准确的新闻，她通常要求做录音，同时，一位技术上好的同事会协助她拍照；
◇ In Great Britain, the third season of the year usually has only one name: autumn.
在英国，一年的第三个季节通常都只有一个名字：autumn。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ If you resist the urge to squeeze, pimples will usually resolve over a week or so without scarring. The "white" contents will also settle down or spontaneously pop when ready.
如果你忍住不挤痘痘，痘痘通常会在一周左右的时间内消退，而且不会留下疤痕。“白色的”内容物在成熟的时候会沉淀下来或自动爆出。
---- Should we be popping pimples?
◇ "It will bring about more-even growth," he said. "People usually won't uproot and move unless there is tremendous economic pressure to do so."
他说：“这将带来更均衡的发展。除非有极大的经济压力，人们一般不会迁离故土。”
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ "I noticed that whenever I ordered a drink at a restaurant, it would usually come with a straw in it, and I don't usually need a straw," he said.
他说：“我注意到，无论何时我在餐厅点饮料，杯子里总会有吸管，而我一般不需要吸管。”
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ People usually lose about a centimeter in height every 10 years after age 40, according to Medline Plus, and that pace of height loss speeds up after age 70. Overall, you can lose between 1 to 3 inches in height as you age, per Medline Plus.
医学网站Medline Plus称，在40岁后每过十年人的身高通常会缩水1厘米左右，70岁后身高缩水速度会加快。总体来看，人在年老后身高会缩水1到3英寸。