often
adverb OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈɒfn/, /ˈɒftən/
/ˈɔːfn/, /ˈɔːftən/
Idioms synonym frequently时常;常常 - We often go there.
我们常去那里。 - I've often wondered what happened to him.
我时常纳闷他出了什么事。 - How often do you go to the theatre?
你多长时间看一次戏? - I see her quite often.
我常常见到她。 - Try to exercise as often as possible.
尽可能经常锻炼。 - We should meet for lunch more often.
我们应该多多一起吃午饭。 - 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。
Topics Timea1- How often does it happen?
这多长时间发生一次? - 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。 - 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。 - Stolen information is most often used for credit card fraud.
被盗信息最常被用于信用卡欺诈。
- We often go there.
synonym commonly往往;大多 - Old houses are often damp.
老房子大多都潮湿。 - 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。 - All too often the animals die through neglect.
动物因缺乏照料而死亡的事司空见惯。 - His success depended, as so often happens, on things entirely outside his control.
正如经常发生的那样,他的成功完全取决于他无法控制的事情。 - The residents often have difficulty accessing services to meet their needs.
居民往往难以获得满足其需求的服务。
- People often find it difficult to say goodbye.
人们往往觉得很难开口说再见。 - She's mean. Rich people very often are.
她很吝啬,富人大多如此。 - Traffic has increased and the roads are all too often inadequate.
交通流量增加了,道路不敷使用是司空见惯的事。
- Old houses are often damp.
词源Middle English: extended form of oft, probably influenced by selden ‘seldom’. Early examples appear to be northern English; the word became general in the 16th cent.
Idioms
as often as not | more often than not
- usually; in a way that is typical of somebody/something
通常;往往;一贯 - As often as not, he's late for work.
他上班往往迟到。
- As often as not, he's late for work.
every so often
- occasionally; sometimes
有时;偶尔 - Every so often I heard a strange noise outside.
我时常听到外面有奇怪的声音。
- Every so often I heard a strange noise outside.
once too often
- used to say that somebody has done something wrong or stupid again, and this time they will suffer because of it
侥幸难再 - You've tried that trick once too often.
你故伎重施,可这次再逃不脱了。
- You've tried that trick once too often.