always
adverb /ˈɔːlweɪz/
/ˈɔːlweɪz/
Idioms - at all times; on every occasion
总是；每次都是 - There's almost always somebody at home in the evenings.
晚上几乎总有人在家。 - Always lock your car.
每次都要把汽车锁上。 - She always arrives at 7.30.
她每次都是 7:30 到。 - The children always seem to be hungry.
孩子们永远都好像肚子饿。 - Success seems always to be out of reach.
成功似乎总是遥不可及。 - Your ideas are always welcome.
你的想法总是受欢迎的。 - It's not always easy to do the right thing.
做正确的事情并不总是容易的。 - We're not always this busy!
我们并不总是这么忙！
- There's almost always somebody at home in the evenings.
- for a long time; since you can remember
一直；一贯 - Pat has always loved gardening.
帕特一直喜爱园艺。 - This is the way we've always done it.
我们一直是这样干的。 - This painting is very good—Ellie always was very good at art (= so it is not very surprising).
这幅画很好——埃利一直擅长绘画。 - Did you always want to be an actor?
你以前一直想当演员吗？
- Pat has always loved gardening.
- for all future time
（将）永远 - I'll always love you.
我将永远爱你。
- I'll always love you.
- if you say a person is always doing something, or something is always happening, you mean that they do it, or it happens, very often, and that this is annoying
（讨厌地）老是，一再 - She's always criticizing me.
她老是批评我。 - That phone's always ringing.
那个电话总是响个不停。 - Why are you always complaining about my cooking?
你为什么总是抱怨我的厨艺？
- She's always criticizing me.
- can/could always…, there’s always…used to suggest a possible course of action
（建议可能的行动）总还，总还有 - If it doesn't fit, you can always take it back.
要是它不合适，你总还可以把它退回去嘛。 - If he can't help, there's always John.
如果他帮不上忙，总还有约翰呢。
- If it doesn't fit, you can always take it back.
词源Middle English: genitive case of all way, the inflection probably giving the sense ‘at every time’ as opposed to ‘at one uninterrupted time’: the difference between the two is no longer distinct.
Idioms
as always
- as usually happens or is expected
和往常一样；和料想的一样 - As always, Polly was late for school.
波莉和往常一样，上学又迟到了。
- As always, Polly was late for school.
once a…, always a…
- used to say that somebody cannot change
（表示一个人不能改变）一次为…便永远是… - Once an actor, always an actor.
一朝从艺，永为艺人。
- Once an actor, always an actor.