| 单词 | often |
| 释义 | often (ɒfən , US ɔːf- ) 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. 1. adverb [ADVERB before verb] A1 If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time. They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards. They used these words freely, often in front of their parents too. It was often hard to work and do the course at the same time. That doesn't happen very often. 2. adverb A1 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. How often do you brush your teeth? I don't know how often I heard the same awful jokes. Unemployed people were victims of personal crime twice as often as employed people. 3. every so often phrase If something happens every so often, it happens regularly, but with fairly long intervals between each occasion. She's going to come back every so often. Every so often he would turn and look at her. 4. as often as not phrase 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'. 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. Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise. Although sometimes I feel like bothering, as often as not I don't. Translations: Chinese: 经常 Japanese: しばしば |
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