always

1. ADV 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. 總是; 每次[ADV before v]

She's always late for everything. 她總是每件事都遲到。

Always lock your garage. 每次都要鎖好你的車庫(kù)。

2. ADV 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. 永遠(yuǎn)地

We will always remember his generous hospitality. 我們將永遠(yuǎn)記住他的慷慨好客。

He has always been the family solicitor. 他一直是這個(gè)家的律師。

3. ADV If you say that something is always happening, especially something that annoys you, you mean that it happens repeatedly. 老是[ADV before v-cont]

She was always moving things around. 她老是把東西挪來(lái)挪去。

4. ADV You use always in expressions such as can always or could always when you are making suggestions or suggesting an alternative approach or method. (用于提出建議或替換方案) 總還['can/could' ADV inf]

If you can't find any decent apples, you can always try growing them yourself. 如果你找不到任何像樣的蘋(píng)果，你總還可以試著自己種。

5. ADV 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. 一向以來(lái)地[ADV before v]

She's going to be fine. She always was pretty strong. 她一切都會(huì)好的。她一向以來(lái)都挺堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。