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[英] [ˈɔfən] [美] [ˈɔfən,ˈɑfən,ˈɔftən,ˈɑf-] 生词本

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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.

often通常用于动词前，但若前面有less，more等词，或从句为否定形式时，可置于动词之后。

1. ADV-GRADED 常常；经常 If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time. 

  • They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill...

    他们经常在普雷斯科特山过圣诞节。

  • Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards...

    美国早期的风向标大多截自平直的木板。

  • They used these words freely, often in front of their parents too...

    这些语词他们随口即出，在父母面前也常常如此。

2. ADV （用于询问或说明某事发生的频率）（多）常 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?...

    你多久刷一次牙？

  • I don't know how often I heard the same awful jokes...

    这种千篇一律的烂笑话我不知道听过多少回了。

  • Unemployed Queenslanders were victims of personal crime twice as often as employed people.

    在昆士兰，失业人群沦为个人犯罪受害者的可能性比就业人群高一倍。

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'

指某事在短时间内数次发生时，不能用often。例如，不能说 I often phoned her yesterday, 只能说 I phoned her several times yesterday（我昨天给她打了好几次电话）或者 I kept phoning her yesterday（我昨天一直给她打电话）。

3. PHRASE （有规律地）有时，偶尔 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...

    她会偶尔回来的。

  • Every so often he would turn and look at her.

    他会时不时回头看她一眼。

4. PHRASE 往往；多半；通常 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...

    然而，他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。

  • Although sometimes I feel like bothering, as often as not I don't...

    虽然我有时会觉得这是在找麻烦，但是通常并不会这样。

  • Behind many successful men there is, more often than not, a woman who makes this success possible.

    很多成功男人的背后往往都有一位助他一臂之力的女人。

Adverb

1. many times at short intervals;

  • "we often met over a cup of coffee"

2. frequently or in great quantities;

  • "I don't drink much"
  • "I don't travel much"
1. "Queer" is the word often used euphemistically for "mad".
“Queer” 这个词常用作 “mad” 的委婉语。

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2. A beautiful girl has often an unfortunate life.
红颜多薄命。

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3. A cabaret is a restaurant providing food,drink,and often a floor show.
“卡巴莱”夜总会是一种供应食物、饮料并经常有歌舞表演的餐厅。

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4. A decisive person acts quickly and often succeeds.
果断的人行动迅速，常常成功。

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5. A dove is often used as a symbol of peace.
鸽常作为和平的象征。

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6. A fiddly task like threading a needle often makes you frown.
烦琐的工作就像穿针引线一样，常常令你皱眉头。

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7. A good sweat often cures a cold.
好好发一次汗往往可以治愈伤风。

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8. A half truth is often no better than a lie.
半真半假的话不见得比说谎要好。

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9. A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble.
充满野心勃勃、阿谀谄媚之人的庞大、腐败的官僚机构，既搞工作也搞麻烦。

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10. A lawyer is often called in to write a will.
律师常被请来写遗嘱。

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11. A light pointer is often useful with a slide projector.
光指示器经常与幻灯片放映机一起使用。

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12. A little body often harbours a great soul.
伟大的灵魂常寓于矮小的身躯。

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13. A man of great wisdom often appears slow-witted [stupid].
大智若愚。

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14. A marauding tiger was often seen prowling around the village.
经常看到一只猎食的老虎在村子周围悄悄走动。

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15. A person who does a regrettable action is often regretful afterwards.
行为不检点的人，日后往往懊悔。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16. A person's behavior is often regulated by his circumstances.
人的行为常受其所处环境的约束。

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17. A quick pulse often denotes fever.
脉搏跳得快常表示发烧。

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18. A recorder is often used in our English class.
英语课堂上我们经常使用录音机。

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19. A red wire is often attached to the anode.
红色电线通常与阳极相联。

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20. A siege often brings them to terms.
围攻常迫使他们接受条件。

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