1 ADV [ADVERB before verb] 总是;每次都是;无例外地 If you
always do something, you do it whenever a particular situation occurs. If you
always did something, you did it whenever a particular situation occurred.
总是;每次都是;无例外地 -
Whenever I get into a relationship, I always fall madly in love.
我每次谈恋爱都深陷其中,无法自拔。
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She's always late for everything.
她事事都迟到。
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We've always done it this way.
我们一直是这么做的。
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Always lock your garage.
每次都要锁上车库。
2 ADV [ADVERB before verb] 永远;始终;一直 If something is
always the case, was
always the case, or will
always be the case, it is, was, or will be the case all the time, continuously.
永远;始终;一直 3 ADV 一再;老是 If you say that something is
always happening, especially something which annoys you, you mean that it happens repeatedly.
一再;老是 4 ADV (用于提出建议或提示其他解决方法)总还,总还是 You use
always in expressions such as
can always or
could always when you are making suggestions or suggesting an alternative approach or method.
(用于提出建议或提示其他解决方法)总还,总还是 -
If you can't find any decent apples, you can always try growing them yourself.
如果你找不到像样的苹果,你总还可以试着自己种。
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'What are you going to do?' — 'I don't know. I could always go back in the Navy or something.'
“你打算做什么?”—“不知道,我总还是能回到海军或者什么的。”
SYN as a last resort, in the end, whatever happens
5 ADV [ADVERB before verb] 总是;一直;本来 You can say that someone
always was, for example, awkward or lucky to indicate that you are not surprised about what they are doing or have just done.
总是;一直;本来 Usage Note :
Do not confuse always and ever. If something always happens, it happens regularly or on every occasion. I would always ask for the radio to be turned down... He's always been an active person. If something is always the case, it is true at all times. No matter what she did, she would always be forgiven. You use ever, for example in negative sentences, questions, and with superlatives, to talk about any time at all when referring to the past, present, or future. No one ever came... Will I ever see France? ...the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.
不要混淆always和ever。always指总是或每次都是:I would always ask for the radio to be turned down(我总是要求将收音机的音量调小),He's always been an active person(他总是很积极)。always也可指始终或一直:No matter what she did, she would always be forgiven(无论她做了什么,总是可以得到谅解)。ever用于否定句、疑问句或最高级,表示过去、现在或将来的任何时候:No one ever came(没有人来过),Will I ever see France(我以后能有机会去法国吗),the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me(别人对我说过的最中听的话)。
Thesaurus | always Also look up: |
ADV. | consistently, constantly, regularly 1 3 continuously, endlessly, repeatedly; (ant.) never, rarely 2 |
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