often
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) ['?f(t?)n]
- 美式音標(biāo) ['?f(t?)n; 'ɑf(t?)n]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['?f?n, '?ft?n, '?:-]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adv. 常常，時常；往往，大多
詞源解說
- 直接源自古英語的oft，意為經(jīng)常。
用法辨析
- often的基本意思是“常常,經(jīng)?！?主要修飾動詞,也可修飾其他副詞或形容詞,指某件事情在不同場合下屢次發(fā)生,具體的時間意味不強(qiáng)。有時often還表示“在許多場合下”。可用于一般時態(tài),也可用于完成體。
- often一般位于實義動詞之前,而位于to be、情態(tài)動詞或(第一個)助動詞之后。有時為了加強(qiáng)語氣, often也可以放在系動詞之前,此時作謂語的系動詞要重讀。
- often有時也可放在句末。如果句子相當(dāng)短,可將often放在句末,為了加強(qiáng)語氣或?qū)Ρ?有時可以移至句首,這時常常引起主謂倒裝(非正式語體中也可不倒裝)。
- 用于疑問句或否定句中, often可以用作表語。
- often在用于詢問“隔多長時間一次”或“多少次”時,常用于how often短語。
adv. (副詞)
英漢例句
- I often go swimming in summer.
夏天我經(jīng)常去游泳。 - We see him when he comes to town, but that isn't often.
他進(jìn)城時我們能見到他,但不經(jīng)常。
用作副詞 (adv.)
用作狀語
用作表語
詞組短語
- often come 經(jīng)常來
- often go 經(jīng)常去
- often hear 經(jīng)常聽見
- often meet 經(jīng)常遇見
- often rain 經(jīng)常下雨
用作副詞 (adv.)
～+動詞
英英字典
- many times
- If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time.
- 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.
- If something happens every so often, it happens regularly, but with fairly long intervals between each occasion.
- 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.