more often than not

短语
大学

多半, 通常

发音

AU

别名

more often than naught more often than nought

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case.

    通常

    大多

    习语

    Near-synonyms: commonly, frequently; usually; see also Thesaurus:usually

    More often than not, tomato seeds will sprout even if they are a couple of years old.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 3

mostly generally by and large

词源

Origin obscure. Semantically equivalent to, and often understood as, an ellipsis of more often than not so. Possibly sometimes understood as more often than zero (see nought and naught), especially in reference to scales or gauges where mark zero represents the midpoint of measurement or frequency.

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