often

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adv. 时常, 常常

发音

UK /ˈɒfən/
UK /ˈɒftən/
UK /ˈɔːfən/
其它 /ˈɔːfən/
UK /ˈɔːftən/
US /ˈɔfən/
US /ˈɔftən/
/ˈɑfən/
/ˈɑftən/
CA /ˈɒfən/
CA /ˈɒftən/

词形变化

more often 比较级 most often 最高级 oftener oftenest oftener 比较级 oftenest 最高级

别名

of'en offen oft. orfen

教材释义与例句

副词

常常，时常

if something happens often, it happens regularly or many times

She often works at the weekend.

她周末经常要上班。

If you wash your hair too often, it can get too dry.

如果洗头过勤，头发会变得干枯。

How often do you see your parents?

你隔多久去看你父母？

Robin is a difficult child; you've said so yourself often enough (= a lot of times ).

罗宾是个难管的孩子，你自己也常常这么说。

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Frequent.

    古体

    1618, Anthony Munday (translator), The Third Booke of Amadis de Gaule by Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts (1542), London, Chapter 2, p. 18, Then came the Ladies to visite him, and the Queene gaue him most gracious welcome, desiring him to be of good cheere: For heere is my Daughter (quoth she) right skilfull in the Art of Chirurgerie, that meanes to bee your often visitant.

adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Frequently; many times on different occasions.

    经常

    常常

    时常

    往往

    好多时

    成日

    I often walk to work when the weather is nice.

    I’ve been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.

    It can't be said too often / often enough.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 6

much frequently oft oftentimes a great deal ofttimes

反义词 1

rarely

相关短语

more often than not 多半, 通常 last but not least 最后但并不是最不重要的(一点) every so often 时常, 常常, 不时 often wrong, never in doubt often times proverbs often come in pairs as often as not 往往, 多半 the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last more often than naught more often than nought proverbs run in pairs do you come here often 你经常来这儿吗？

词源

From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”). Cognates Cognate with Scots affen, aften, af'en, oaffen, oaften, oftin (“often”), North Frisian aaft, oftem, oofting (“often”), Saterland Frisian oafte (“often”), German, Luxembourgish and Pennsylvania German oft (“often”), Yiddish אָפֿט (oft, “often”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ofte (“often”), Faroese, Swedish ofta (“often”), Icelandic oft (“often”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta, “often”).

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