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BNC: 230 COCA: 274
often
ɒfən ˈɒftən ɔːf- ˈɔfən ˈɑfən ˈɔftən ˈɑftən

  • Often is usually used before the verb, but it may be used after the verb when it has a word like ‘less’ or ‘more’ before it, or when the clause is negative.

    often通常用于动词前，但若前面有less，more等词，或从句为否定形式时，可置于动词之后。

1 ADV-GRADED [ADVERB before verb] 常常；经常 If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time. 常常；经常

  • They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill.

    他们经常在普雷斯科特山过圣诞节。

  • 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。

  • They used these words freely, often in front of their parents too.

    这些语词他们随口即出，在父母面前也常常如此。

  • It was often hard to work and do the course at the same time.

    半工半读常常很艰难。

  • That doesn't happen very often.

    那样的事并不常见。

2 ADV （用于询问或说明某事发生的频率）（多）常 You use how often to ask questions about frequency. You also use often in reported clauses and other statements to give information about the frequency of something. （用于询问或说明某事发生的频率）（多）常

  • How often do you brush your teeth?.

    你多久刷一次牙？

  • 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。

  • Unemployed Queenslanders were victims of personal crime twice as often as employed people.

    在昆士兰，失业人群沦为个人犯罪受害者的可能性比就业人群高一倍。

Usage Note :

  • You do not use often to talk about something that happens several times within a short period of time. You do not say, for example, 'I often phoned her yesterday'. You say 'I phoned her several times yesterday' or 'I kept phoning her yesterday'

    指某事在短时间内数次发生时，不能用often。例如，不能说 I often phoned her yesterday, 只能说 I phoned her several times yesterday（我昨天给她打了好几次电话）或者 I kept phoning her yesterday（我昨天一直给她打电话）。

3 PHRASE （有规律地）有时，偶尔 If something happens every so often, it happens regularly, but with fairly long intervals between each occasion. （有规律地）有时，偶尔

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

    她会偶尔回来的。

  • Every so often he would turn and look at her.

    他会时不时回头看她一眼。

4 PHRASE 往往；多半；通常 If you say that something happens as often as not, or more often than not, you mean that it happens fairly frequently, and that this can be considered as typical of the kind of situation you are talking about. 往往；多半；通常

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • Behind many successful men there is, more often than not, a woman who makes this success possible.

    很多成功男人的背后往往都有一位助他一臂之力的女人。

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ADV.

regularly, repeatedly, usually; (ant.) never, rarely, seldom 1

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BNC: 230 COCA: 274
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often adv.
⇨ often (as often as possible) ⇨ usually (Old houses are often damp.) ⇨ every so often ⇨ sometimes ⇨ more often that not/as often as not ⇨ usually often

adverb

often ♦︎ frequently ♦︎ a lot ♦︎ routinely ♦︎ habituallyThese words all describe things that are done or happen many times. 这些词均表示时常、常常、经常。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆often / routinely available◆frequently / routinely / habitually used◆to happen often / frequently / a lot◆to occur often / frequently◆to wear sth often / frequently / a lot / habitually◆how often / frequently?◆quite often / frequently / a lot◆fairly / very often / frequently■ often many times 时常；常常◆I've often wondered what he looked like.我时常纳闷他是长什么样的。◆The dog often went missing for days.这只狗常常一走失就是好几天。◆How often does it happen?这多长时间发生一次？◆You should come and see us more often.你应该多来看看我们。◆She likes to get out of the city as often as possible.她巴不得三天两头就出城一次。◆It's not often that I receive fan letters.收到仰慕者的来信对我来说并非常有的事。 OPP rarely , seldom ⇨ rarely   see also often ⇨ usually ■ frequently (rather formal) often 频繁地；常常◆It was a word he used frequently.那个词他经常用。◆Passengers complained that trains were frequently cancelled.乘客抱怨火车车次频频被取消。◆It's the most frequently asked question these days.那是这些天来问得最多的问题。OPP infrequently ⇨ rarely   see also frequent ⇨ frequent NOTE 辨析 Often or frequently?In many cases you can use either word. Frequently is more formal than often and is used especially to talk about things that affect or are done by people in general; often is more often used to talk about things that you do or that affect you personally. 在许多情况下这两个词可以通用。frequently较often正式，尤用以谈论对大众产生影响的事或人们通常会做的事；often多用以谈论你自己做的事或只对你个人产生影响的事。■ a lot (informal, especially spoken) often 时常；常常◆We used to go out quite a lot.我们过去经常外出参加社交活动。◆They worry about it a lot.他们常为这事忧虑。OPP not much ⓘ The opposite is not much. * a lot的反义词是not much◆We didn't go out much.当时我们不常外出交际。 ■ routinely ruːˈtiːnli as part of a routine; very often; (of doing sth bad) so often that it is considered normal 常规地；例行地；经常；（做坏事）屡见不鲜◆A red blood cell count and blood pressure were routinely recorded.对红细胞总数和血压做了常规记录。◆He is routinely cited as one of America's best businessmen.他经常被誉为美国最杰出的商人之一。◆The regime was accused of routinely torturing prisoners.那政权被指控经常对囚犯施虐。  see also routine ⇨ process noun , routine ⇨ usual adj. ■ habitually həˈbɪtʃuəli as a habit; very often 习惯性地；惯常地；经常◆She was without the steel-framed glasses she habitually wore.她没戴那副常戴的钢框眼镜。◆The rules were habitually broken.这些规定一贯不被遵守。  see also habitual ⇨ frequent , habitual ⇨ usual
BNC: 230 COCA: 274
often
Often and many times: often, frequently, regularly...

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