| 释义 |
as a ruleUsually, but not always: any architect knows that, as a rule, old buildings are more soundly built than new ones...- Again, Aristotle's notion of the goal of tragedy is odd: do tragedies always, or even as a rule, purge their audience of pity and fear?
- Most men wear pleated trousers, which as a rule, should always have cuffs.
- Action thrillers contain lots of twists and turns as a rule, usually of a kind we have all seen a dozen times before.
Synonyms usually, generally, in general, normally, ordinarily, customarily, almost always, for the most part, on the whole, by and large, in the main, mainly, mostly, more often than not, commonly, typically, on average, in most cases See parent entry: rule |