英語詞組學習之business as usual

今天我們要學的詞是 Business as usual.

Business as usual 是一切如常，一切照舊的意思。"After the Olympics, Beijing will be back to business as usual," 奧運會結束后，北京的一切都要回歸正常。

北約外長上星期對俄羅斯的軍事行動提出譴責，并表示， "They cannot continue business as usual with Russia until it withdraws its troops from Georgia," 俄羅斯從格魯吉亞撤軍前，北約不能繼續(xù)跟俄羅斯保持原有的正常關系。

● Business是營業(yè)的意思

● Usual是正常的

● Business as usual用來形容事情經過了異常之后恢復正常狀態(tài)，可以翻譯成“一切照舊，虛驚一場”。

例子

●People resumed work after a small fire incident, it was business as usual.

大家在著火小插曲之后繼續(xù)工作，辦公室恢復正常。

● Imagine preparing breakfast for six kids. Then getting them washed and dressed, packing their lunches and getting them off to school. That might seem like a huge challenge. But for my wife and me, it's business as usual. It's part of our everyday routine.

想像一下：給六個孩子準備早餐，然后給他們洗臉穿衣服，裝飯盒，再把他們統統送到學校去。這看起來是一項巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。但是對我妻子和我來說，這是日常便飯。這是我們每天要做的工作。

● It will not be business as usual any time soon for the Japanese people.

日本人民的生活近期內恐怕很難恢復常態(tài)。