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at all times; on every occasion 总是；每次都是 There's almost always somebody at home in the evenings. 晚上几乎总有人在家。 Always lock your car. 每次都要把汽车锁上。 She always arrives at 7.30. 她每次都是 7:30 到。 The children always seem to be hungry. 孩子们永远都好像肚子饿。 Success seems always to be out of reach. 成功似乎总是遥不可及。 Your ideas are always welcome. 你的想法总是受欢迎的。 It's not always easy to do the right thing. 做正确的事情并不总是容易的。 We're not always this busy! 我们并不总是这么忙！
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for a long time; since you can remember 一直；一贯 Pat has always loved gardening. 帕特一直喜爱园艺。 This is the way we've always done it. 我们一直是这样干的。 This painting is very good—Ellie always was very good at art (= so it is not very surprising). 这幅画很好——埃利一直擅长绘画。 Did you always want to be an actor? 你以前一直想当演员吗？
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if you say a person is always doing something, or something is always happening, you mean that they do it, or it happens, very often, and that this is annoying （讨厌地）老是，一再 - can/could always…, there’s always…
used to suggest a possible course of action （建议可能的行动）总还，总还有 If it doesn't fit, you can always take it back. 要是它不合适，你总还可以把它退回去嘛。 If he can't help, there's always John. 如果他帮不上忙，总还有约翰呢。
Word OriginMiddle English: genitive case of all way, the inflection probably giving the sense ‘at every time’ as opposed to ‘at one uninterrupted time’: the difference between the two is no longer distinct.