英语词典 · 单词释义
often
英 ['ɒf(tə)n] 美 ['ɔf(tə)n]
这里集中整理“often”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adv. 常常，时常
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. If a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.
- 婴儿要是渴了，就会吃得更频繁。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
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