often
英 ['?f(t?)n]
美['?f(t?)n]
- adv. 常常，时常
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词态变化
比较级:?more often;最高级:?most often;
中文词源
often 经常
来自古英语oft,经常，频繁，来自Proto-Germanic*ufta,频繁地。
英文词源
- often
- often: [14] Oft was the Old English word for ‘often’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic adverb of unknown origin, which also produced German oft, Swedish ofta, and Danish ofte. In early Middle English it was extended to ofte. This developed a form often before vowels and h, which by the 16th century had begun to oust oft(e).
- often (adv.)
- c. 1300, extended form of oft, originally before vowels and h-, probably by influence of Middle English selden "seldom." In common use from 16c., replacing oft.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
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- 2. Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.
- 学生常常赶数百英里的路来到这里。
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- 3. If a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.
- 婴儿要是渴了，就会吃得更频繁。
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- 4. All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.
- 他们时常陷入枯燥的日常事务之中。
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- 5. The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted.
- 这份声明冗长繁复，多处存在歧义或行文拙劣。
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