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of·ten
aw fn [or] awf tn
比较级:oftener或more often
最高级:oftenest或most often
词根:oft
adv.oft 常常;再三
oftentimes 时常地
Adverb
1. many times at short intervals;
"we often met over a cup of coffee"
2. frequently or in great quantities;
"I don't drink much"
"I don't travel much"
often as尽管…常常
as often as每当
more often经常(更多频率)
more often than not通常;多半
how often多长时间一次
so often偶然
most often最经常;很多时候;通常来说
every so oftenadv. 偶尔;常常;时常
all too often时常,经常是
once too often又一次;次数太多
这些副词均表示频度。
regularly用于修饰经常而有规律性的动作。
often经常,语气弱于always,侧重动作发生的次数具有经常性,具体时间意味不强。
usually通常,通例地,指习惯性动作,频度仅次于always,较often大,偶尔有间隔。
repeatedly屡次,强调次数多,但反复的频率不一定均匀。
always总是,永远。语气最强,指在一切时候,没有例外。
frequently时常,经常,与often同义,可通用,但较正式,强调次数频繁。
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"反复地,一再地,多次地,在许多情况下",公元13世纪中叶,是 oft 的扩展形式,在中古英语中通常出现在元音前和 h- 之前,可能受到其相反词 seldom(中古英语 selden)的影响。从16世纪开始常用,取代了 oft。发音"offen"可追溯到15世纪。相关词: Oftener; oftenest。
Middle English, alteration of oft
The first known use of often was in the 14th century
ogleverb
to look at in a flirting way or with unusual attention or desire
oftentimesadverb
often
oftenadverb
many times : frequently
1 Mama watched for the sales and then gathered all us children every so often to buy shoes there.
2 If I don't tell you as often as I'd like.
如果我不像以前那样经常对你说.
3 Numbers runners often had hyped addicts who had hit, who were so dragged that, when challenged, they really couldn’t be sure if they had played a certain number.
4 Nurses often have to spread split their time at different schools and.
护士们经常要被派到不同的学校.
5 The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter—often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter—in the eye.
6 Every so often he slipped back to look out over the field and make sure that all was safe.
7 Following the bus was a nightmare; it stopped too often, too long, and it was difficult to tail it, hide, and watch to see if she got off.
8 "The gods favor the man with the just cause," said Ser Lyn Corbray, "yet often that turns out to be the man with the surest sword. We all know who that is."
9 “It’s not often a beautiful girl lets me get this close to her.”
10 In fact, the common harmonic tradition that includes everything from Baroque counterpoint to modern rock is often called triadic harmony.
11 He often repeats himself in his books ( speeches ).
他在他的书 ( 演讲 ) 里时常说重复的话.
12 But his wisdom failed; and I fear that as the peril of his realm grew he looked in the Stone and was deceived: far too often, I guess, since Boromir departed.
13 But certain lines in the middle—lines that happened to appear more often than any other—made a slightly darker image than the rest.
14 Not that it’s hard, since we don’t write all that often.
15 I had often heard the song before, and always with lively delight; for Bessie had a sweet voice,—at least, I thought so.
16 The Guards answered the same questions over and over, and the questions came fast, often with an accusatory edge.
17 International economists often describe South Korea as the single most impressive example of what free markets, democratic government, and elbow grease can do to transform a small agrarian backwater into a global powerhouse.
18 M:I've often stopped writing a book and left it for a few years.
男:我经常在写书时停下来,把稿子放在那儿好几年不管。
19 There was often not room enough for him.
20 “Your great men often are; and therefore I shall not take him at his word, as he might change his mind another day, and warn me off his grounds.”
2 经常
regular constant frequently regularly constantly sempre as often as not many's the much lot will daily frequent eternal overhead systematic perpetual oft ever oftentimes many's the time half the time common usually commonly religiously usu. a lot time and again time and time again hourly all the time most of the time chronic steady still regularity make a practice of doing often and often
4 大多
5 时常发生的
6 常常
hourly frequently invariably oftentimes oft everywhen be apt to at short intervals lot commonly many a time much half the time many's the evermore many's the time that many's the time a lot eftsoon sometimes invariable ofttimes unseldom by used semp. ever forever semper sempre
9 屡次
frequent continual time and again time without number oftentimes thrice ofttimes frequency frequently again and again
11 时常
frequent frequently constantly not seldom every so open at all times oft oft- now and then every now and then now and again every now and again
12 通常
general common average usual everyday ordinary conventional informal customary habitual generally mostly normally wonted south regulation in general for the most part even so common-garden common-or-garden-variety standard stock normal accustomed common-or-garden usu. usually typically commonly ordinarily customarily as a general thing like another a matter of course