The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
几个世纪以来否决权一直是外交上惯用的手段。
Patriotism is every politician's stock-in-trade.
爱国主义是政客们的惯用伎俩。
There has been a great deal of politician's cant.
说了一大堆政客惯用的言不由衷的话.
In the general population, right - handed people are in the majority.
在一般人中, 惯用右手的人占大多数.
One of the favourite games in fairy tales is metamorphosis.
神话故事的惯用手法之一是凭借魔力改变形态.
That phrase has come into usage.
那个短语已为大家所惯用.
Mr Patel phoned the University for an explanation, and he was given the usual unconvincing excuses.
帕特尔先生致电大学要求对方作出解释，但只得到了一些无关痛痒的惯用托词。
"So you can all go over there and get shot," he said, with the sort of black humour common among British troops here.
“所以你们都可以到那里去挨枪子儿，”他说道，口吻中透着这里英国部队惯用的黑色幽默。
He must have been pretty gullible to fall for that old trick.
他准是有点儿傻,才落入那惯用的圈套.
The traditional carding oil has been replaced by mineral oils.
用矿物油代替惯用的梳毛油.
However diligently Wilson practised, the slang phrase sounded unnaturally on his lips.
虽然威尔逊极力摹仿,当地人惯用的一些词语在他嘴里说得还是很不自然.
The conventional procedure is to set an equal to zero.
惯用的方法是令an等于零.
This is a book on modern English usage.
这是一本关于现代英语惯用法的书.
That expression has been sanctioned by usage.
那种表达方式在惯用法上已被认可.
These are his customary words and expressions.
这是他惯用的字眼.