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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2020-03-04 10:32:40 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 65903 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> Our definition indicates emphatically that 往常 relates to the past. - "in the past" - "formerly" - "used to be" This wording suggests that things have changed, things are different now. But that's simply not the case. See examples below. 1) 往常 天候比往常稍微多雨 conditions were wetter than usual 兩個月後的某天，他們如往常一樣，在台北市忠孝西路的Starbucks喝咖啡、聊天發呆， Two months later, as they were drinking coffee and chatting in a Starbucks on Chunghsiao West Road as usual, 往常過年最時興的烏魚子和香腸臘肉，現在走進新東陽，一年四季都買得到。 Traditional New Year favorites such as mullet roe, sausage and cured meat are now available all year round from New Horizon stores; 但在當時沒有人發出怨言，來祭弔的人，看到的仍是往常慣見那一張張嚴肅的臉。 But at the time, none of them complained and those who came to pay their respects saw only the Guardians' typically severe expressions. 當台北藝術大學藝術系如往常一般舉行系展之際， when the Department of Art at Taipei National University of the Arts organized one of its regular departmental exhibitions 如同往常，阿莫才到門外，便已經看到「叔叔」、「阿姨」和四、五個年齡相近的室友吱吱喳喳的在門口等他。 As usual, when he has scarcely reached the entrance, A-Mo spies his "uncle," "auntie," and four or five roommates his own age, who are all waiting for him at the gate. 如同往常對待照片的敬謹態度，他翻閱各種資料，到處向人詢問拍攝時間、地點、活動內容等， With his accustomed thoroughness, Kao leafed through all kinds of materials, and asked questions of all kinds of people, to discover the date, place and occasion on which the photographs were taken. 2) 一如往常 (Note: this expression is in K: "just as all the time") 下課時間，台北市敦化國小五年十六班教室裡一如往常般嘈雜紛亂。 It's between class periods, and Class 16, Fifth Grade, of the Tunhua Primary School in Taipei, is--as it ordinarily is at this time--noisy and chaotic. 他準備一如往常，每年七、八月就開始慶祝國慶的準備活動。 He plans to do as he has always done: To begin preliminary Double Ten activities around August. 坊間的瘦身美容中心一如往常，大打為明星藝人雕塑出魔鬼身材的廣告。 As ever, slimming and beauty centers are pumping out adverts featuring entertainment stars whose figures are sculpted into sensuous shapes. 雨季的山區一如往常地飄著細雨，天色顯得有些昏暗。 As always during the monsoon season, mountain areas are inundated with rain and the sky darkens. 而在興奮的開工典禮後，舊部落裡的生活一如往常。 After the excitement of the ceremony passed, life in the old village returned to normal. 隨後幾天，報紙一如往常地出現大篇幅的水患檢討聲浪， For the following few days-as usual-the newspapers were full of voices calling for a reassessment of flood control work. 3) 一反往常 (not in any dicts that I could find) 他甦醒後，一反往常地拿起電話求助，9個月後更奇蹟似地戒除了毒癮。 When he awakened, he tried something new: he picked up the phone and called for help. Nine months later, he quit using drugs. Web - 乖乖女遇渣男，一反往常乖張態度奮起反抗，爭取自己的幸福. - 他一反往常一页一页仔细翻阅的习惯,打开杂志,随便翻到一页,发现有一幅很大的画。 |
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- 往常 往常 [wang3 chang2] /habitually (in the past)/as one used to do formerly/as it used to be/ + 往常 往常 [wang3 chang2] /usual/customary/ # + 一如往常 一如往常 [yi1 ru2 wang3 chang2] /as usual/ + 一反往常 一反往常 [yi1 fan3 wang3 chang2] /contrary to usual/unlike what usually happens/ |