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| /ˈɒfn/ |
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| 1 | on many occasions or in many situations 在许多情况下 |
| Often, students with family problems have difficulties at school. 在许多情况下，有家庭问题的学生在学业上会遇到各种困难。 |
| Boredom often leads to poor behaviour. 厌倦经常会导致表现不佳。 |
| The home is often the most likely place to have an accident. 家往往是最可能发生事故的地方。 |
| fairly/quite often I’ ve found that it’ s quite often impossible to park in town. 我发现城里常常无法停车。 |
| very often Very often it turns out that the student hasn’ t understood the question. 结果往往表明学生对问题还没弄明白。 |
| often enough (=on enough occasions to achieve a particular result) I’ ve already told you not to argue often enough. 次数够多 |
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| 2 | used for talking about how many times something happens in a particular period of time 常常；经常 |
| I’ ve been swimming twice as often as I did last year. 我现在的游泳次数比去年多了一倍。 |
| how often? How often do you eat meat? 你多久吃一次肉？ |
| fairly/quite often I go to the gym quite often. 我经常去健身房。 |
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| - | all too often
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| used for saying that something makes you sad or upset because it happens more often than you think it should |
| 过于经常；在太多的情况下 |
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| All too often, parents leave their children home alone. 父母过于经常地把他们的孩子单独留在家里。 |
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| - | every so often
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| sometimes , but not frequently |
| 有时；偶尔 |
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| She still phones me every so often. 她偶尔还给我打打电话。 |
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| - | more often than not
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| on most occasions or in most situations |
| 往往；在大多数情况下 |
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| More often than not, the arguments could have been avoided. 这些争吵多半本来是可以避免的. |
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