business as usual

形容词 adj. 短语
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. That is usual, expected, not extraordinary. idiomatic,not-comparable
    — This vehicle would be likely to cost about $1,500 more at retail than the business as usual vehicle, which achieves 33 mpg.
短语
  1. The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary. idiomatic
    — The phase^([sic]) “Business as Usual” ran about the world, and the papers abounded in articles in which going on as though there was no war at all was demonstrated to be the truest form of patriotism. […] “Business as usual during Alterations to the Map of Europe” was the advertisement of one cheerful barber, widely quoted. . . .
  2. The normal execution of standard functional operations within an organisation, particularly in contrast to a project or program which would introduce change (although that change may itself become business as usual). idiomatic

词形变化

business-as-usual alternative business-as-usual alternative

词汇关系

反义词
whatever it takes

词源

词源 1
Popularized by Winston Churchill as motto in World War I.
词源 2
Popularized by Winston Churchill as motto in World War I.
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