as is often the case with sb./sth. 情况常常如此;这是常有的事;通常就是这样 例如: As is often the case with persuasion, what you do first matters. 就想通常有说服力的案例一样,你首先做什么关系重大。 by the time...到……时候 By the time you graduate, wewill be in Australia for one year. 到你毕业的时候,我们在澳洲居住就会有一年了。