often

英 ['?f(t?)n] 美['?f(t?)n]

反義詞

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比較級:?more often;最高級:?most often;

often 經(jīng)常

來自古英語oft,經(jīng)常，頻繁，來自Proto-Germanic*ufta,頻繁地。

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.

1. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.: 美國早期的風(fēng)向標大多截自平直的木板。

2. Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.: 學(xué)生常常趕數(shù)百英里的路來到這里。

4. All too often they become enmeshed in deadening routines.: 他們時常陷入枯燥的日常事務(wù)之中。

5. The manifesto is long-winded, repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted.: 這份聲明冗長繁復(fù)，多處存在歧義或行文拙劣。