He ate less than usual at dinner that night.

那夜晚餐时他吃得比平时少。

Its usual valence in compounds is 4.

在化合物中硅通常为4价。

The most usual system is that of the decibel scale.

最常用的系统为分贝标度系统。

ADJ. 超大型的；极大的. Outsize or outsized things are much larger than usual or much larger than you would expect.

She arrived later than usual.

她到的比平时晚。

※Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. 通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。
※The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. 不犯错误的人往往也就是无所作为的人。
※People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. 以火攻火者，结果只剩一片灰烬。
※Politics is usually the executive expression of human immaturity.——Brittain Vera, American writer 政治通常是人类不成熟的表现行为。美国作家 薇拉.B.
※Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. ( O. W. Holmes )——    通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。（霍姆斯）
※Money is not the root of all eviles as is usually claimed, what is the root of all evils is the lust for money, that is the excessive, selfish and greedy pusuit of mnoey.——Nathaniell Hawthorn, American writer  金钱并非像平常说的那样是万恶之源。而对金钱的贪图，既对金钱过分的、自私的、贪婪的追求，才是一切邪恶的根源。美国作家霍桑.N.  

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