英汉词典

often 基本解释

• adv. 常常，时常

often 词态变化

often 中文词源

来自古英语oft,经常，频繁，来自Proto-Germanic*ufta,频繁地。

often 英文词源

often

often: [14] Oft was the Old English word for ‘often’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic adverb of unknown origin, which also produced German oft, Swedish ofta, and Danish ofte. In early Middle English it was extended to ofte. This developed a form often before vowels and h, which by the 16th century had begun to oust oft(e).

often (adv.)

c. 1300, extended form of oft, originally before vowels and h-, probably by influence of Middle English selden "seldom." In common use from 16c., replacing oft.

often 词组搭配

often 英文释义

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 同义词解析

always, often, usually, frequently, repeatedly, regularly

这些副词均表示频度

always：总是，永远。语气最强，指在一切时候，没有例外。

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。

frequently：时常，经常，与often同义，可通用，但较正式，强调次数频繁。

repeatedly：屡次，强调次数多，但反复的频率不一定均匀。

regularly：用于修饰经常而有规律性的动作。

often 双语例句

1. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.

美国早期的风向标大多截自平直的木板。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.

学生常常赶数百英里的路来到这里。

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3. If a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.

婴儿要是渴了，就会吃得更频繁。

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4. All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.

他们时常陷入枯燥的日常事务之中。

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5. The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted.

这份声明冗长繁复，多处存在歧义或行文拙劣。

来自柯林斯例句

often 实用场景例句

We often go there.

我们常去那里。

牛津词典

I've often wondered what happened to him.

我时常纳闷他出了什么事。

牛津词典

How often do you go to the theatre?

你多长时间看一次戏？

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I see her quite often.

我常常见到她。

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Try to exercise as often as possible.

尽可能经常锻炼。

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We should meet for lunch more often.

我们应该更常一点相聚在一起吃午饭。

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It is not often that you get such an opportunity.

你得到这样的机会，可不是常有的事。

牛津词典

Old houses are often damp.

老房子大多都潮湿。

牛津词典

People are often afraid of things they don't understand.

人往往对自己不懂的东西感到恐惧。

牛津词典

All too often the animals die through neglect.

动物因缺乏照料而死亡的事司空见惯。

牛津词典

As often as not, he's late for work.

他上班往往迟到。

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They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill...

他们经常在普雷斯科特山过圣诞节。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards...

美国早期的风向标大多截自平直的木板。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

How often do you brush your teeth?...

你多久刷一次牙？

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I don't know how often I heard the same awful jokes...

这种千篇一律的烂笑话我不知道听过多少回了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She's going to come back every so often...

她会偶尔回来的。

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Every so often he would turn and look at her.

他会时不时回头看她一眼。

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Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise...

然而，他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Although sometimes I feel like bothering, as often as not I don't...

虽然我有时会觉得这是在找麻烦，但是通常并不会这样。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.

表面上道貌岸然的人或有声望的家庭,却有着骇人听闻,多年不让人知道的秘密,这样的事情我们经常在小说里读到.

《用法词典》

Success often depends on temperament.

成功常常取决于一个人的性格.

《简明英汉词典》

Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.

黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标.

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Some people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.

有的人因不准时而受到指责,这时他们唯一的过失就是把时间抠得太紧了.

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