| 1. | Neaps are generally 20 per cent lower than average tides .
小潮比平时低20。 |
| 2. | He was tired out, and he slept more soundly than usual .
他累透了，睡得比平时踏实。 |
| 3. | He came earlier than usual .
他比平时来得早。 |
| 4. | His eyes seemed to goggle larger than usual behind the heavy lenses .
在厚厚的镜片后面，眼睛瞪得比平时大得多。 |
| 5. | Today's heavier noontime traffic seemed to be building up earlier than usual .
今天的午间交通高峰似乎比平时来得早些。 |
| 6. | Ralph resented this charge with more apparent earnestness than he commonly used .
拉尔夫不接受这种指责，他的态度比平时明朗而认真。 |
| 7. | No one noticed that he had turned very pale and was speaking more quietly than usual .
没人注意到他的脸色变得刷白，说话也比平时温和了。 |
| 8. | The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable .
比平时早十一分钟把自己从床上拖起来，可真是不容易。 |
| 9. | Exhausted by emotion, my language was more subdued than it generally was when it developed that sad theme .
我激动得精疲力尽，用的语言比平时发挥这个悲哀题材的时候要温和得多。 |
| 10. | Osmond made more of a point even than usual of referring to the conjugal harmony prevailing at palazzo roccanera .
奥斯蒙德甚至比平时更加强调，罗卡内拉宫的这一对夫妇过着非常和睦的家庭生活。 |
