often
adv. 常常; 經常; 時常; 再三
If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time.
They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill...
他們經常在普雷斯科特山過聖誕節。
Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards...
美國早期的風向標大多截自平直的木板。
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.
How often do you brush your teeth?...
你多久刷一次牙?
I don't know how often I heard the same awful jokes...
這種千篇一律的爛笑話我不知道聽過多少回了。
If something happens every so often, it happens regularly, but with fairly long intervals between each occasion.
She's going to come back every so often...
她會偶爾回來的。
Every so often he would turn and look at her.
他會時不時回頭看她一眼。
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 of the kind of situation you are talking about.
Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise...
然而,他們發現自己往往不是被讚揚而是遭刁難。
Although sometimes I feel like bothering, as often as not I don't...
雖然我有時會覺得這是在找麻煩,但是通常並不會這樣。
1. many times at short intervals;
2. frequently or in great quantities;
always, often, usually, frequently, repeatedly, regularly
這些副詞均表示頻度
as often as not
經常;在通常情況下
more often than not
往往,多半
We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.
表面上道貌岸然的人或有聲望的家庭,卻有著駭人聽聞,多年不讓人知道的秘密,這樣的事情我們經常在小說裡讀到.
Success often depends on temperament.
成功常常取決於一個人的性格.
Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.
黃金價格常常被看作是通貨膨脹的指標.
Some people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
有的人因不準時而受到指責,這時他們唯一的過失就是把時間摳得太緊了.
We meet every so often and compare notes.
我們時常碰頭,交換意見.