英语词组学习之business as usual

今天我们要学的词是 Business as usual.

Business as usual 是一切如常，一切照旧的意思。"After the Olympics, Beijing will be back to business as usual," 奥运会结束后，北京的一切都要回归正常。

北约外长上星期对俄罗斯的军事行动提出谴责，并表示， "They cannot continue business as usual with Russia until it withdraws its troops from Georgia," 俄罗斯从格鲁吉亚撤军前，北约不能继续跟俄罗斯保持原有的正常关系。

● Business是营业的意思

● Usual是正常的

● Business as usual用来形容事情经过了异常之后恢复正常状态，可以翻译成“一切照旧，虚惊一场”。

例子

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

大家在着火小插曲之后继续工作，办公室恢复正常。

● 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：给六个孩子准备早餐，然后给他们洗脸穿衣服，装饭盒，再把他们统统送到学校去。这看起来是一项巨大的挑战。但是对我妻子和我来说，这是日常便饭。这是我们每天要做的工作。

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

日本人民的生活近期内恐怕很难恢复常态。