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always

/awl-weyz, -weez/US // ˈɔl weɪz, -wiz //UK // (ˈɔːlweɪz, -wɪz) //

始终,总是,总是这样,总是如此

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : every time; on every occasion; without exception: He always works on Saturday.
    • : all the time; continuously; uninterruptedly: There is always some pollution in the air.
    • : forever: Will you always love me?
    • : in any event; at any time; if necessary: She can always move back with her parents.

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Examples

  • He identifies as transgender on Scruff but not always on Grindr.

  • They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.

  • The motives were most always harmless, and only sometimes ethically questionable.

  • A guard is manning the door, which is always kept ajar so she can be monitored.

  • I always wanted my life to be that way, and it became that way.

  • This is a feature by means of which it is always possible to distinguish the Great Horsetail from any other species.

  • In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.

  • You see, I'd always thought of him as the boy whom Great-aunt Lucia described having seen.

  • Many British Ferns evidence a marked tendency to “sport,” and this is a fact which the beginner should always bear in mind.

  • You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.