- 1rA2/ˈjuːʒuəli/通常／平常
Most of the time; in the way that happens on most days or in most cases.
Most of the time大部分時候; in the way that happens on most days or in most cases也就是大多數日子、或大多數情況下會發生的方式.
示範例句 · Example
Mei usually walks to school, but today she took the bus.
逐字美通常走路上學，但今天她搭了公車。
「usually」是說某件事「大部分時候都這樣，但不是百分之百」。可以想成它落在 always（總是）和 sometimes（有時）之間——比 always 留了一點例外的空間。常放在一般動詞前面（I usually walk）或 be 動詞後面（She is usually late）。
常見搭配
usually + verb
通常會（做某事）
to do something most of the time
I usually read before bed.
as usual
像往常一樣
in the way that normally happens
As usual, the bus was a few minutes late.
core核心畫面
You can picture 'usually' as the path most days take. If you watched the same situation over and over, this is what you would see happen on most of those times — not every single time, but the way it normally goes.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
usuallyadv/ˈjuːʒʊəli/
- 1
Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
- Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work.
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend ; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].
- 2
Under normal conditions.
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