单词 | often |
释义 | often 1.(frequently, repeatedly)常常;经常;时常 It often rains here in the summer.这里夏天经常下雨。 I'd like to go skiing more often.我希望多去滑雪。 That doesn't happen very often.那不经常发生。 2.(in questions or statements about frequency)(用于询问或说明某事发生的频率)(多)常 I shower twice as often as most people.我洗澡的次数比大多数人多一倍。 John came as often as he could.约翰尽可能常来。 how often do you do sth?你多长时间做一次某事? How often do you go to the gym?你多长时间去一次健身房? How often do you wash the car?你多久洗一次车? 3.as often as not往往;多半 As often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise.他们发现自己往往是被刁难而非被表扬的对象。 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。 4.every so often有时;偶尔 She's going to come back every so often.她偶尔会回来。 Every so often he would turn and look at her.他会时不时回头看她一眼。 5.more often than not往往;多半 More often than not the patient recovers.病人多半总能恢复健康。 Behind a successful man there is, more often than not, a woman who makes this success possible.成功男人的背后往往有一位助他一臂之力的女人。 |
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