Carry a book with you at all times can actually work, too - providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down.

“随时带本书在身边”这种方式也能奏效，前提是在足够多的时间里你都沉浸在阅读中，从而让阅读成为你的常态，只是在你需要处理事务的时候才把注意力从书上暂时移开，之后再次专心阅读。

And so it is basically the new norm.

所以可以说这是一种新常态。

The United Nations Secretary General has said abnormal weather has become the new norm and is a challenge to mankind's existence.

联合国秘书长称不正常天气现在常态化，这是对人类生存的挑战。

You are going to play an important role in shaping this new normal.

你们将在塑造这种新常态中扮重要角色。

And I think it's the norm because it would be easier to finance. - Right.

我认为这是常态，因为它更容易融资。- 对。

But Spain's conquests in the New World were not the norm in the 16th century.

但西班牙在新大陆的征服并不是十六世纪的常态。

Such tricks are rapidly becoming the norm.

这样的计策正迅速成为常态。

I mean, that's how normalized constant supervision has become.

我的意思是，持续监督得如此普遍，几乎成了常态。

Of course, some people say defending the indefensible is just politics as usual, but I don't accept that — and I hope you won't either.

当然，有些人说，为立场强词夺理不就是政治的常态吗，但我不接受这种解释——我希望你们也不会。

By embracing this philosophy, Gaetz is betting on a vision of American politics in which Trump is not an aberration but the new normal.

接受了这一理念，盖兹就赌美国会朝着这样一种政治愿景发展，在这种愿景里，特朗普不仅不是一个偏离常规的总统，反而代表了一种新常态。

Instead of the customary " No gifts, please" , I shouted, " Gifts! Please! "

于是我一反常态，没说“请不要带礼物”，而是向他们喊“请带礼物来”。

I was too upset to eat or drink, but she sat with me for some time, talking gently to me, wiping away my tears, and helping me to recover.

我难过得不想吃，也不想喝，但她陪我坐了一会儿，轻声跟我说话，给我擦眼泪，帮助我恢复常态。

We're surrounded by children, who since they were born, watch us living like robots, and think it's the norm.

我们被孩子们围绕，他们自出生后，就看着我们像机器人般生活，并以为这是种常态。

This is what the big brand names who source their cobalt from Congo believe governs their supply but this is the exception not the norm.

这是那些从刚果采购钴矿石的大品牌所认为的主宰其供应的因素，但这只是一个例外，而非常态。

This is their new normal now, staff checked for fever at the door.

这是他们现在的新常态，工作人员在门口检查是否发烧。

We're regaining the participatory condition of music, which was the norm thousands of years ago, where we all had an equal stake in creating and enjoying music.

我们正在恢复乐的参与性特点，这是几千前的常态，我们在创造和享受乐方面都有平等的权利。

Yes, something that is the norm is something that is expected, it's regular and usual.

好的，常态是指可被预测的东西，它是常规且常见的。

They are just a new norm and I think...

这些都只是一种新常态 我认为这主要是。

For people with limited ambition, however, failure is viewed as something closer to reality.

然而，对于那些野心有限的人而言，失败被视为一种更接近现实的常态事件。

Arranged marriages were the norm in the upper classes.

包办婚姻是上层阶级的常态。