平时 1.(一般的、通常的时候) in normal times; at ordinary times 她平时住在学校, 星期六才回家。 ordinarily she sleeps at the school and goes home only on saturdays.2.(指平常时期) in peacetime 平时多流汗, 战时少流血。 losing more sweat in peacetime (training, etc.) means shedding less blood in war