单词 | regularly |
释义 | regularlyreg‧u‧lar‧ly /ˈreɡjələli $ -ərli/ ●●● S3 W3 adverb Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► often Collocations used when saying that something happens many times: · Gary was often bad-tempered in the morning.· We often meet up for a drink after work. ► a lot informal often: · I think she likes him – she talks about him a lot.· His wife goes abroad on business a lot. ► frequently especially written often – used especially in writing or more formal English: · Passengers complain that trains are frequently late.· Older patients frequently forget to take their medicine. ► regularly often, especially at regular intervals: · Buses run regularly every ten minutes. ► again and again used to emphasize that someone does something many times, or the same thing happens many times: · She told herself again and again that everything would be all right.· Gunfire rang out across the city again and again. ► repeatedly especially written used to emphasize that someone does something many times: · His doctor had repeatedly warned him not to work so hard. ► constantly/continually often over a long period of time – used especially about something that is annoying or causes problems: · They seem to be continually arguing.· It’s hard to keep up with technology when it’s constantly changing. ► time and time again many times – used when this is annoying or does not have any effect: · He forgets his keys time and time again.· I tell students time and time again to keep careful notes. Longman Language Activatorwhen you do something regularly, or something happens regularly► regularly if you do something regularly , you do it on many different occasions, usually with the same amount of time in between: · I've been going jogging regularly for a couple of years now.· Both my sons phone me regularly, usually once a week.· Company reports are published regularly and sent out to all shareholders. ► regular a regular event or activity happens every hour, every week, every month etc, usually with the same amount of time in between: · Do you do any regular exercise?· It's important to visit your dentist for regular check-ups.· The Parent-Teacher Association has regular meetings every month.on a regular basis (=regularly): · More than 60% of adults drink wine on a regular basis.at regular intervals (=with equal amounts of time between): · The prison is inspected at regular intervals by government health officers.a regular feature (of something) (=a regular event that has become an important part of something): · The exhibitions by young artists formed a regular feature of the London arts scene. ► every day/every week/every year etc · She cycles to work every day.· Every Sunday we go to my mother's for lunch.· The series has been on TV every week for forty years. ► hourly/daily/weekly/monthly etc happening or done every hour, every day etc: · There are daily flights to Frankfurt.· a weekly current affairs programme· a monthly magazine ► every other day/week/year etc happening one day, week etc, but not the next and continuing in this way: · Every other Thursday there's a farmers' market in the town.· How often do you go shopping? Oh, every other day. ► alternate days/weeks/years etc especially British happening one day, week etc, but not the next and continuing in this way. Alternate days etc is more formal than every other day etc: · I have to work a 37 hour week, including alternate weekends.· Indoor bowls nights are held at the hall on alternate Tuesdays at 7.30. not regularly► every now and then/every so often sometimes, but not very often and not regularly: · I only smoke every now and then, at a party or when we go out to eat.· Every so often the silence was broken by the sound of gunfire. ► on and off/off and on if you do something on and off or off and on during a long period, you do it for short periods but not regularly: · I've been trying to learn Spanish on and off for the past five years.· "Are you still going out with Bill?" "Off and on." ► by/in fits and starts repeatedly starting and stopping, but not regularly and never for more than a short time: · Unfortunately our research has only continued in fits and starts.advance/grow/progress etc in fits and starts: · The disease progressed in fits and starts for at least two decades.· American military technology has advanced by fits and starts. ► intermittent happening repeatedly but not continuously: · There will be intermittent thunderstorms throughout the day.· After two days of intermittent fighting, order was finally restored. ► sporadic happening repeatedly over a fairly long time but not regularly and only for short periods within that time: · Our advertising campaigns have been too sporadic to have had a lot of success.· Since then he has been on sporadic drinking binges.sporadic fighting/violence/shots/outbreaks etc: · There was rioting and sporadic fighting in the city as rival gangs clashed.· sporadic outbreaks of disease ► in waves if something happens in waves , a short period of activity is followed by a pause, and then there is another short period of activity and another pause, and it continues in this way: · The recruitment of new staff has been proceeding in waves.· Pain and nausea swept over him in waves. with equal spaces in between► at regular intervals if things are arranged at regular intervals , they are arranged, usually in a line, with equal distances between them: · There are stations where runners can get water at regular intervals throughout the marathon.· Small trees can be planted at regular intervals along a path to create an avenue. ► every metre/mile/10 kilometres etc at regular points that are a metre, mile etc apart along a line, road etc: · It was so steep that we had to stop and rest about every twenty metres.· There are coastguard stations every ten miles along the coast. ► evenly spaced arranged with regular spaces: · Our tents are evenly spaced over a large area to give you maximum privacy.· The word processor will arrange your text in evenly spaced columns. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► appear Word family· For the past two years his photograph has regularly appeared in the Corsican press.· But in high school his passion had turned to painting, and his work regularly appeared in annual exhibitions.· This huge flightless bird has regularly appeared in illustrated fossil books as a giant carnivore.· They regularly appeared as part of the banquet fare of the day.· Infantilized, she used to appear regularly in hagiographical volumes, especially those designed for the edification of small girls.· Prices of the funds appear regularly in the Financial Times, etc.· She kept bees in Jane's orchard and would appear regularly swathed in black net with her eleven-year-old son in tow.· New versions of each format appear regularly and each update has new features. ► attend· To get the most out of lectures, it pays to attend regularly.· Mrs Carter pushed for mental health legislation and regularly attended cabinet meetings.· Review the staff meetings schedule to make sure everyone is able to attend regularly.· Various indicators suggest less than 10 percent of San Franciscans regularly attend church.· Suppose, for example, you regularly attend a weekly meeting which tends to be deadly dull.· A good committee member will attend regularly to follow the sequence of matters at each meeting.· He attended regularly but never spoke.· Only about 7 % of locals regularly attend church. ► check· Her wound was checked regularly for excess drainage but none was detected.· What's more all the holiday parks listed are regularly checked and graded by tourist board inspectors.· Male speaker It's important bridges of this age are regularly checked.· The Computer Group Manager should regularly check the progress that is being made towards resolving the problems that are under his control.· Also the battery needs to be checked regularly especially if the child is wetting frequently.· The patient's normal temperature range is established following admission and checked regularly in the early post-operative period.· Benefits rates and totals should be regularly checked as well.· These children are regularly checked, their teachers are consulted and advised, and conductors visit their schools. ► exercise· Exercise stimulates the brain so, in general, students who exercise regularly will look and be fit.· If you are overweight, over 40 or not exercising regularly, take the test, know your score.· But the maximum weight loss will be achieved by those who stick rigidly to the diet plan and who exercise regularly.· Under duress, it regularly exercises this will to sabotage the earnest efforts of its well-intentioned host.· Also, students who exercise regularly put less strain on their cardiovascular systems while accomplishing tasks.· So he started exercising regularly and eating low-calorie foods and, lo and behold, trimmed down to a svelte 290. ► hold· Rotational needs - the venue may change when meetings are held regularly to allow delegates equal ease of access 5.· Nationally, nearly 50 scooter clubs have cropped up, and scooter runs are held regularly in nearly every state.· A prize draw was held regularly, and winners were awarded specially designed T shirts.· Services are held regularly, and once a month prisoners are taken on a religious retreat nearby.· Fairs were held regularly with the markets but they were by no means profitable.· Major international events Volunteering in individual sports includes regularly held events within the domestic calendar of each sport. ► meet· The only place where artists, intellectuals and the students could meet regularly were the cafes.· These few basic rules can make your group maximally helpful:-Meet regularly at a mutually acceptable time and place.· A special thanks to our prayer support group who meet regularly at John and Rosemary Turner's.· Over the next year and a half, management met regularly with union officials, and both met regularly with workers.· Friendly support is offered by small groups of mothers and children meeting regularly in the daytime in each others houses.· Over the next year and a half, management met regularly with union officials, and both met regularly with workers.· In some areas fundholders had formed liaison groups and were meeting regularly to share experiences and develop their collective expertise. ► perform· And my mother was always making me and my sister perform regularly.· They also, as do the other groups, regularly perform in the hotels and some typical restaurants in the island.· Have you even tried to draw up a list of the actions you have to perform regularly to succeed?· Reverse phase microscopy was performed regularly to monitor the progress of the cultures. ► play· It would have been stunning if Brown had played regularly before this incident.· Last year three hundred and sixty pupils were injured from three thousand schools who regularly play the game.· These days, he plays regularly with friends and in a local league in his hometown of Pensacola, Fla.· She did considerable freelance work while establishing her trio, eventually playing regularly with drummer Steve Davis and several excellent bassists.· He participated in the 1992 Olympics and he has played regularly with his traveling team.· He insisted on returning to his old school, where he passed his exams and regularly plays football.· He also plays regularly with various brass ensembles and has worked with many London orchestras. ► report· The postholder is required to report regularly to the Head of Section on these activities and operations. ► review· Professional development teachers rarely seemed to have been offered an induction programme or had their work regularly reviewed.· They regularly review engineering and architectural drawings and specifications to monitor progress and ensure compliance with plans and specifications.· All but three of the 42 patients were regularly reviewed in the coeliac clinic, which was established in 1978.· Each person's care plan is reviewed regularly and up-dated.· The stock of books, corporate information, and government publications are carefully selected and reviewed regularly.· They are reviewed regularly and financial pressures are forcing many charities to tighten their qualifying criteria.· In any event the relevant figure should be reviewed regularly to take account of inflation.· Regularly reviewing the marketplace, researching and identifying trends, customer needs, and competitor activity. ► schedule· She is scheduled to have the first of regularly scheduled two-way video conferences with her family on Sunday.· The board has had eight regularly scheduled meetings so far this year.· This study demonstrated the need to do more careful appraisals of anthropometric measurements on a regularly scheduled basis.· Almost all hospitals have regularly scheduled tours of the labor and delivery area and the postpartum divisions.· These materials are used on a regularly scheduled basis. ► take· If you find your mail regularly takes more than a few minutes to arrive, you should seriously consider switching providers.· He regularly takes days off to rest his back....· Automatic weighing machines are very accurate and sample packs are taken regularly and weighed as a check.· A large segment of the population surveyed was regularly taking vitamin supplements.· We regularly take it that a causal circumstance is linked by way of a causal chain or sequence to its effect.· He was baptized, confirmed at the age of 13, and regularly took communion at Mass.· He is an enthusiastic member of Chichester Water Ski Club, and regularly takes part in competitions.· Women need to have smears taken regularly. ► use· Run the program on your machine, with your particular hardware combination and with any other support programs you may use regularly.· Leasure advises consumers to amass coupons only for products you regularly use, organize the coupons by aisles in the supermarket.· It was obvious this part of the building was used regularly.· Weapon convoys regularly use the M8 motorway through central Glasgow.· The collection is regularly used in exhibits and educational programs.· Its shape and worn appearance confirm that it is used regularly.· Some of the things I use regularly, others not at all. ► visit· She receives physiotherapy three or four times a week and is regularly visited by the district nurse.· Flynn got all the really difficult contracts, or the ones John was unsure of being able to visit regularly.· Parents are generally supportive and regularly visit the school both as adult helpers or to talk to staff.· Two branches in Birmingham were visited regularly for over a year between 1980 and 1981.· And the family regularly visit his grave.· It was visited regularly by Hoppy and all those kind of people.· Sometimes little more is said even of grandparents who were visited regularly.· He occasionally went for lonely walks on the moors, and regularly visited his wife's grave. ► work· Journalists who are working regularly in a certain field come to know the look of your paper and this can be useful.· Today, more than 100 people work regularly on the site.· Four members of staff working regularly on over-time succeeded in reducing this backlog to less than 9,000 by the end of the year.· They remained on the cars for about a year, working regularly on route 16/18.· It worked regularly for over a hundred and fifty years, its machinery driven by an undershot wheel which remains.· All of us who work regularly in groups should try to identify our own defensive and constructive behaviour.· And they work regularly in the courts. WORD FAMILYnounregularregularity ≠ irregularityregularizationadjectiveregular ≠ irregularverbregularizeadverbregularly ≠ irregularly 1at the same time each day, week, month etc: We meet regularly, once a month.2often: I see them pretty regularly. It’s important to exercise regularly.3evenly arranged or shaped: The plants are regularly spaced. regularly shaped crystals |
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