common practice

1 USUALLYa usual or accepted way of doing things 惯例

It was common practice for families to attend church together.

全家人一起去做礼拜是惯例。

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common practice• Today it is common practice to let children choose their own topics for writing.

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2 USUALLYto be the usual and accepted way of doing something 是普遍/例行/正常的做法

It’s common practice in many countries for pupils to repeat a year if their grades are low.

学生如果成绩不好就重读一年，这是许多国家的普遍做法。

It’s standard practice to seek parents’ permission wherever possible.

例行的做法是凡事都要尽可能征求父母的同意。

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be common/standard/normal practice• Whatever the circumstances, it is standard practice in embryo transfer to introduce several embryos at a time.• It is normal practice for the definitive sale and purchase agreement to be drafted by the acquirer's solicitors.• It is normal practice for the heads to specify that each party will be responsible for the costs of its own advisers.• It is normal practice for the purchaser to order a survey for two reasons.• It is normal practice for the vendor to disclose various documents to the purchaser as part of the disclosure exercise.• The first is the wide variation in specification and finish that are standard practice in the motor industry.• Motorcycles would be kept out by barriers at each end - this is normal practice for cycle/pedestrian paths.• This is standard practice, but such an event is unlikely.

→ be common/standard/normal practice at practice(2)