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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

often

英  [ˈɒfən]
    
美  [ˈɔːf-]

[ADV]

    ADV. 副词
  • 1. 经常

    If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time.

    双语例句

    例：

    They often spent Christmas together.

    他们经常一起过圣诞节。

    例：

    That doesn't happen very often.

    那不常发生。

    2. 时常的

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    How often do you brush your teeth?

    你多久刷一次牙？

    PHRASE. 习语

  • every so often

    1. 偶尔

    If something happens every so often, it happens regularly, but with fairly long intervals between each occasion.

    近义词

    occasionally

    双语例句

    例：

    She's going to come back every so often.

    她偶尔会回来一下。

  • as often as not , more often than not

    1. 往往

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise.

    然而，他们发现自己往往是被刁难而不是表扬。

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