often

英 ['ɒfn] 美 ['ɔːfn]

• adv. 经常；时常；屡次

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 常常,经常,时常

   many times; at short intervals; frequently

2. 在大多数情况下

   in many instances

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 往往
2. 常常
3. 时常
4. 经常
5. 通常
6. 屡次
7. 再三
8. 不时
9. 一般说来
10. 大多
11. 一贯
12. 有时
13. 偶尔
14. 在大多数情况下

adj. 形容词

1. 经常的

英英释义

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"
   

3. in many cases or instances

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. I often take my children to play in the park.
   我经常带我的孩子们去公园玩。
2. My brother often scolds me without reason.
   我哥哥经常无故责备我。
3. Judy goes to the movies as often as Sara does.
   朱迪像莎拉一样时常去看电影。
4. They often went carolling at Christmas.
   他们在圣诞节时常去挨门挨户地唱圣诞颂歌。
5. He was disappointed so often that he became hopeless.
   他屡次失望, 以致变为了绝望。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. I often go swimming in summer.
   夏天我经常去游泳。
2. We often go there.
   我们常去那儿。
3. I have often heard that he is the smartest person in the government.
   我常听人说,他是政府里最聪明的人。
4. We have often been there.
   我们经常在那里。
5. I have to get there often.
   我不得不经常去那儿。
6. Occasionally we go to a concert, but much more often to the theatre.
   我们偶尔去听音乐会,看戏则多得多。
7. These types of dogs often have eye problems.
   这种狗的眼睛好多都有毛病。
8. He writes to me often.
   他经常给我写信。
9. He doesn't get drunk often.
   他不常喝醉。
10. Very often you cannot know one without knowing the other.
    如果你不知其一,往往也不能知其二。
11. It very often rains here in April.
    这儿四月份常下雨。
12. I haven't been there very often.
    我近来不常到那儿去。
13. I met him quite often while I was in Beijing.
    我在北京期间经常碰到他。
14. Often did we warn them not to do so.
    我们曾多次警告他们不要这么做。
15. Often had I intended to speak of it.
    我常想说说这件事。
16. Often Tom doesn't take medicine, but sometimes he does.
    汤姆有时不肯服药,有时肯服药。
17. Children often dislike tomatoes.
    孩子们一般来说不喜欢西红柿。
18. Americans are often very tall.
    美国人多半个子很高。
19. It's often difficult to translate poems.
    翻译诗歌在许多情况下都是困难的。
20. Perry is a good football player.
    佩雷一直是一个优秀的足球运动员。
21. A bold venture is often successful.
    大胆的投机经常获得成功。
22. The disease is often fatal.
    这种病经常致死。
23. Old houses are often damp.
    旧房大都潮湿。
24. How often do you go there?
    你多久去那里一次?
25. How often does this magazine come out?
    这本杂志多长时间出一期?
26. How often have you been there?
    你到那里去过多少次了?

用作表语

1. We see him when he comes to town, but that isn't often.
   他进城时我们能见到他,但不经常。
2. Is it often that I have a chance to see him?
   我常有机会见到他吗?

经典引文

• Oftenest..he wished he were a vigorous young man of genius.

  出自： H. James

• I am often assumed to be Welsh.

  出自： Day Lewis

• Through this voyage I had been..changing the sails more often.

  出自： F. Chichester

• Francis..often either lay down or took a short walk.

  出自： E. Bowen

• I heard about it often enough.

  出自： E. Figes

常用短语

用作副词 (adv.)

as often as

每次,每当 each time that; as many times as

as often as not

往往,多半 very frequently

every so often

有时,偶尔 sometime

more often than not

往往,多半 very frequently

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)

～+动词

• often come 经常来
• often go 经常去
• often hear 经常听见
• often meet 经常遇见
• often rain 经常下雨
• often write to sb 经常给某人写信

～+副词

• often damp 通常很潮湿
• often difficult 通常很难
• often tall 通常很高

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. often的基本意思是“常常,经常”,主要修饰动词,也可修饰其他副词或形容词,指某件事情在不同场合下屡次发生,具体的时间意味不强。有时often还表示“在许多场合下”。可用于一般时态,也可用于完成体。
2. often一般位于实义动词之前,而位于to be、情态动词或(第一个)助动词之后。有时为了加强语气, often也可以放在系动词之前,此时作谓语的系动词要重读。
3. often有时也可放在句末。如果句子相当短,可将often放在句末,为了加强语气或对比,有时可以移至句首,这时常常引起主谓倒装(非正式语体中也可不倒装)。
4. 用于疑问句或否定句中, often可以用作表语。
5. often在用于询问“隔多长时间一次”或“多少次”时,常用于how often短语。

词义辨析

adv. (副词)

often, always, sometimes, usually

• 这四个词意思相近。其区别是：
• 1.表示的频率不同。例如：
• He comes to school on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday and even on Sunday.我们可说：He always goes to school.always表示的频率是100%。
• He comes to school on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.我们可说：He usually goes to school.usually表示的频率是90%。
• He comes to school on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday.我们可说：He often goes to school.often表示的频率是60%。
• He comes to school on Monday and Thursday.我们可以说He sometimes goes to school.sometimes表示的频率是20%。
• 2.always的反义词是never; often的反义词是seldom; usually的反义词是occasionally, sometimes的反义词是always。

often, frequently

• 这两个词都可表示“经常”。其区别是：
• often是常用词,强调的是经常性,具体时间意味不强; frequently比较正式,强调在某一具体时间内某事一次接一次地发生。试比较：
• He comes here very often.
• 他经常来这儿。
• He comes here very frequently.
• 他来这儿很频繁。

always，often，usually，frequently，repeatedly，regularly

• 这些副词均表示频度。
• always总是，永远。语气最强，指在一切时候，没有例外。
• often经常，语气弱于always,侧重动作发生的次数具有经常性，具体时间意味不强。
• usually通常，通例地，指习惯性动作，频度仅次于always，较often大，偶尔有间隔。
• frequently时常，经常，与often同义，可通用，但较正式，强调次数频繁。
• repeatedly屡次，强调次数多，但反复的频率不一定均匀。
• regularly用于修饰经常而有规律性的动作。

常见错误

adv. (副词)

1. 昨天上英语课时,我常常犯拼写错误。

   误 I often made spelling mistakes in English class yesterday.

   正 I made spelling mistakes in English class several times yesterday.

   析 often通常不与其他表示时间的词(如yesterday)出现在同一句子中,因为often表示“不同场合下常常…”,而不表示“同一场合下常常…”。

2. 他经常因公出差到国外去。

   误 He travels often abroad for business.

   正 He often travels abroad for business.

   析 often一般放在行为动词之前,系动词、助动词或情态动词之后,但在强调系动词、助动词或情态动词时例外。

3. 你多久给你的父母写信?

   误 How long do you write to your parents?

   正 How often do you write to your parents?

   析 how long指“行为持续的时间”,而how often则表示“多久发生一次”,即某种行为发生的频率。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的oft，意为经常。

近反义词

【近义词】

• always
• usually

【反义词】

• rarely 很少
• seldom 很少