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often adv.经常；时常；屡次 (1) 我经常带我的孩子们去公园玩。(2) 我哥哥经常无故责备我。(3) 朱迪像莎拉一样时常去看电影。(4) 他们在圣诞节时常去挨门挨户地唱圣诞颂歌。 The adverb often can mean "in great quantities," like you often stop by the donut shop, you might be shocked to realize you've been there hundreds of times in the last few years. Often can also mean "in many cases or instances." When a student starts to study more and get more serious about learning, it often leads to better grades.

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英 ['ɒfn] 美 ['ɔːfn] (1) I often take my children to play in the park.(2) My brother often scolds me without reason.(3) Judy goes to the movies as often as Sara does.(4) They often went carolling at Christmas. Often means "frequently," like if you see your friends every day, you see each other often. 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 副词]常常；经常 If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time.   [ADV before v]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。It was often hard to work and do the course at the same time...半工半读常常很艰难。That doesn't happen very often.那样的事并不常见。2[ADV 副词]（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 ADV]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 短语]（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.   [PHR with cl]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 短语]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.   [PHR with cl]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。

英语单词	often
英美音标	英 ['ɒfn] 美 ['ɔːfn]
中文释义	adv.经常；时常；屡次
英语例句	(1) I often take my children to play in the park. (2) My brother often scolds me without reason. (3) Judy goes to the movies as often as Sara does. (4) They often went carolling at Christmas.
中文例句	(1) 我经常带我的孩子们去公园玩。 (2) 我哥哥经常无故责备我。 (3) 朱迪像莎拉一样时常去看电影。 (4) 他们在圣诞节时常去挨门挨户地唱圣诞颂歌。
vocabulary简明	Often means "frequently," like if you see your friends every day, you see each other often.
vocabulary扩展	The adverb often can mean "in great quantities," like you often stop by the donut shop, you might be shocked to realize you've been there hundreds of times in the last few years. Often can also mean "in many cases or instances." When a student starts to study more and get more serious about learning, it often leads to better grades.
柯林斯解释	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 副词]常常；经常 If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time. [ADV before v] 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。 It was often hard to work and do the course at the same time... 半工半读常常很艰难。 That doesn't happen very often. 那样的事并不常见。 2 [ADV 副词]（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 ADV] 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 短语]（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. [PHR with cl] 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 短语]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. [PHR with cl] 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。

I Times Phoned 副词 Yesterday Phoning Phrase 短语