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often adv.常常;经常;时常;再三; est:most often~er:more often~

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英[ˈɒfn]  美[ˈɔfn] ADV-GRADED常常；经常If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time.例：They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill...他们经常在普雷斯科特山过圣诞节。例：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。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.例：How often do you brush your teeth?...你多久刷一次牙？例：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。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.例：She's going to come back every so often...她会偶尔回来的。例：Every so often he would turn and look at her.他会时不时回头看她一眼。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.例：Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise...然而，他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。例：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。

单词	often
音标	英[ˈɒfn] 美[ˈɔfn]
解释	adv.常常;经常;时常;再三;
例句	ADV-GRADED 常常；经常 If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time. 例：They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill...他们经常在普雷斯科特山过圣诞节。例：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。 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. 例：How often do you brush your teeth?...你多久刷一次牙？例：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。 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. 例：She's going to come back every so often...她会偶尔回来的。例：Every so often he would turn and look at her.他会时不时回头看她一眼。 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. 例：Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise...然而，他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。例：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。
变形	est:most often~er:more often~

I Phrase Fairly 英[ˈɒfn 美[ˈɔfn Adv.常常;经常;时常;再三 Adv Graded 常常；经常