常常;经常;时常;再三;
这四个词意思相近。它们的区别是:
1.表示的频率不同。例如:
He comes to school on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday and even on Sunday.我们可说:He always goes to school.always表示的频率是100%。
He comes to school on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.我们可说:He usually goes to school.usually表示的频率是90%。
He comes to school on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday.我们可说:He often goes to school.often表示的频率是60%。
He comes to school on Monday and Thursday.我们可以说He sometimes goes to school.sometimes表示的频率是20%。
2.always的反义词是never; often的反义词是seldom; usually的反义词是occasionally, sometimes的反义词是always。
这两个词都可表示“经常”。它们的区别是:
often是常用词,强调的是经常性,具体时间意味不强; frequently比较正式,强调在某一具体时间内某事一次接一次地发生。试比较:
He comes here very often.
他经常来这儿。
He comes here very frequently.
他来这儿很频繁。
这些副词均表示频度。
always总是,永远。语气最强,指在一切时候,没有例外。
often经常,语气弱于always,侧重动作发生的次数具有经常性,具体时间意味不强。
usually通常,通例地,指习惯性动作,频度仅次于always,较often大,偶尔有间隔。
frequently时常,经常,与often同义,可通用,但较正式,强调次数频繁。
repeatedly屡次,强调次数多,但反复的频率不一定均匀。
regularly用于修饰经常而有规律性的动作。
词源词根法
来自古英语oft,经常,频繁,来自Proto-Germanic*ufta,频繁地。
重要短语
often as尽管…常常
as often as每当
more often经常(更多频率)
more often than not通常;多半
表面上道貌岸然的人或有声望的家庭,却有着骇人听闻,多年不让人知道的秘密,这样的事情我们经常在小说里读到.
来源:《用法词典》An inspector comes round every so often to check the safety equipment.
偶尔有检查员来检查安全设备。
来源:朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Some people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
有的人因不准时而受到指责,这时他们唯一的过失就是把时间抠得太紧了.
来源:《用法词典》All too often doctors are too busy to explain the treatment to their patients.
有太多时候,医生忙得没时间对病人解释治疗方法。
来源:朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise...
然而,他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。
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