向来 (always / all along)

"Always (up to now)"

• always (previously)向来xiàng lái(all / both都dōu) + Verb = "always / all along / habitually (until now)".
• he / him他tāalways (previously)向来xiàng láion time准时zhǔn shí = "he's always been punctual."
• always (previously)向来xiàng lái sums up a long-standing habit.

Subj + always (previously)向来xiàng lái(all / both都dōu) + Verb / Verb Phrase

• always (previously)向来xiàng lái marks a consistent pattern reaching up to the present.

he他tāalways向来xiàng láipunctual准时zhǔn shí。

• he / him他tāalways (previously)向来xiàng láion time准时zhǔn shí = "he's always punctual."

Recap

Read the full reference: HSK 6 grammar — Adverbs.