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BNC: 230 COCA: 274

often

Word family 
of·ten /ˈɒfən, ˈɒftən $ ˈɒːf-/ ●●● S1 W1 adverbadv
1  OFTENif something happens often, it happens regularly or many times 經常，時常，多次 SYN frequently
She often works at the weekend.
她周末經常要上班。
If you wash your hair too often, it can get too dry.
如果洗頭過勤，頭發會變得幹枯。
How often do you see your parents?
你隔多久去看你父母？
quite/very often
I quite often go to Paris on business.
我經常去巴黎出差。
Robin is a difficult child; you’ve said so yourself often enough (=a lot of times).
羅賓是個難管的孩子，你自己也常常這麽說。
it is not often (that)
It’s not often that a government minister will admit to being wrong.
政府部長承認錯誤不是常事。
2  OFTENif something happens often, it happens in many situations or cases 往往，通常
It’s often difficult to translate poetry.
詩歌通常很難翻譯。
very/quite often
Very often children who behave badly at school have problems at home.
在學校裏不守規矩的兒童往往在家裏也有問題。
3  all too often  (also only too often)TOO/TOO MUCH used to say that something sad, disappointing, or annoying happens too much 有太多時候，太過頻繁〔表示壞事發生次數太多〕
All too often doctors are too busy to explain the treatment to their patients.
有太多時候，醫生忙得沒時間對病人解釋治療方法。
This type of accident happens only too often.
這類事故太多了。
Examples from the Corpus
all too often• I've seen cases of this kind of child abuse all too often.• The first time they're a novelty, after that they're all too often an irritation.• Sadly, their struggles all too often end up in disillusionment and sometimes, in death.• In regard to the use of field interviewers, the social and psychological aspects of studies are all too often ignored.• But what should be a happy and fulfilling experience all too often is not.• Successful experiments all too often remain marginal, if they have no political clout.• It is somehow reassuring that, all too often, there is a not a table to be had.• Yet gays turning to churches and other institutions for help all too often were told not to worry.• Farmers still have the problem of overcoming the stigma which all too often young people attach to working on the land.
4  every so often SOMETIMESsometimes 有時，偶爾
An inspector comes round every so often to check the safety equipment.
偶爾有檢查員來檢查安全設備。
Examples from the Corpus
every so often• I come and visit him every so often.• It looked as though it weighed a ton and seemed to quiver every so often.• And every so often a transvestite would swagger past, some more obvious than others.• I followed Mundin into the shed, turning every so often and glowering at Fifi, who trailed behind us.• The silence was broken every so often by the sound of guns in the distance.• Every so often, Frank looked up at me and smiled.• The every so often it was mopped, the every so often sprayed.• It will do that every so often on your birthday.• Every so often we go down to the beach.• They talked in a close huddle and every so often would both turn round and look at me.
5  as often as not  (also more often than not) spokenUSUALLY usually 通常，往往，一貫
More often than not the train is late.
這趟火車常常晚點。
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as often as not• Hits us below the belt as often as not.• Lies, as often as not.• Instead, I follow my country's football progress as often as not alone.• The farm worker has himself contributed, though as often as not by leaving the industry rather than by joining a trade union.• In fact, as often as not, customers were more interested in the software than the hardware.• In the small coal communities, the pit was as often as not the sole source of wage-earning incomes.• It's the men now, as often as not, who hear the biological clock ticking loudest.• Young people do not want to live in them, when as often as not work means agriculture or nothing.
n THESAURUS
often used when saying that something happens many times
Gary was often bad-tempered in the morning.
We often meet up for a drink after work.
a lot informal often
I think she likes him – she talks about him a lot.
His wife goes abroad on business a lot.
frequently especially written often – used especially in writing or more formal English
Passengers complain that trains are frequently late.
Older patients frequently forget to take their medicine.
regularly often, especially at regular intervals
Buses run regularly every ten minutes.
again and again used to emphasize that someone does something many times, or the same thing happens many times
She told herself again and again that everything would be all right.
Gunfire rang out across the city again and again.
repeatedly especially written used to emphasize that someone does something many times
His doctor had repeatedly warned him not to work so hard.
constantly/continually often over a long period of time – used especially about something that is annoying or causes problems
They seem to be continually arguing.
It’s hard to keep up with technology when it’s constantly changing.
time and time again many times – used when this is annoying or does not have any effect
He forgets his keys time and time again.
I tell students time and time again to keep careful notes.
to often happen or do something
tend to do something to often do a particular thing and be likely to do it
Dave tends to arrive late so don’t worry.
Girls tend to be better at languages than boys.
have a tendency to do something to often do something, especially something that is not good, and be more likely to do it than other people or things
Some people have a tendency to put on weight.
This type of cloth has a tendency to shrink.
be inclined to do something to do something fairly often or be fairly likely to do it, especially because this is part of your character
Teenage boys are inclined to take risks.
She was inclined to giggle in class.
have a habit of doing something used when saying that something has happened many times before and is likely to happen again
Ben had a habit of coming home drunk.
Life has a habit of surprising people.
be prone to something to be more likely to have problems
Some older computer systems were prone to go wrong.
The fitter you are, the less you are prone to injury.
plants that are prone to disease
n GRAMMAR: Word order
Often usually comes before a verb:
I often go to bed late.
Often usually comes after the verb ‘be’:
She is often late.
Often usually comes after an auxiliary verb such as ‘do’ or ‘have’:
I have often wondered what happened to him.
Often is used at the beginning of a sentence, especially when something seems surprising:
Often I don’t go to bed until 2 a.m.
Often is also used at the end of a sentence:
Do you go to bed late often?
Examples from the Corpus
often• "Have you ever been to the China Moon Café?" "Yes -- we go there quite often."• I have a cell phone, but I don't use it very often.• Dad wasn't often angry so I knew something terrible must have happened.• Book publishers have created Internet sites before, but they often are heavily promotional, resembling order catalogs.• I often caught myself staring into a mirror, wondering who that was staring back.• The information is all there, but it's often difficult to find it.• He often got me out of bed, late on an evening, to run an errand.• Institutions often have their own expectations, and provided all are agreed within an institution the teacher may draw on them.• It's not often I get the chance to go to the movies.• The veins are often only a metre or two wide.• Investors often repurchase those shares during the first few days of the new year.• I often see her walking past with the children on the way to school.• In modern mills, grain is stored in silos which are often separate from the mill and near to a bulk intake point.• They serve this function probably more often than the one they were created for.• It's not often that you see a grass snake these days -- they've become quite rare.• Rosi often works till 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening.
it is not often (that)• When he does, he will accept that it is not often enough.• However, because of the nature of the cases concerned in summary trial, it is not often given.• For this reason it is not often possible to achieve a reduction in space requirement by using an inverted file.• As with most areas of sociological study, it is not often that a simple and unproblematic definition can be established.• There is a smaller bedroom and a tiny, suspiciously tidy kitchen, which looks as if it is not often used.
very/quite often• Postage stamps from the famed, tiny republic of San Marino are very often bought as souvenirs or gifts.• Timing in introducing new specimens can very often determine whether they will be accepted by the others or torn to pieces.• These pretty little fish are quite often found in empty conch shells.• In fact, the essential concepts of science are very often neither.• When their car is taken, they suffer, at the very least, considerable inconvenience and very often substantial financial loss.• Threats and punishments very often succeed in scaring an aggressive child into changing his ways.• It is very often the intangible and indeterminate savings which provide to be of major significance. 2.• Fortunately he doesn't turn up very often these days.
Origin often
(1200-1300) oft
BNC: 230 COCA: 274
BNC: 230 COCA: 274
often adv.
⇨ often (as often as possible) ⇨ usually (Old houses are often damp.) ⇨ every so often ⇨ sometimes ⇨ more often that not/as often as not ⇨ usually often

adverb

often ♦︎ frequently ♦︎ a lot ♦︎ routinely ♦︎ habituallyThese words all describe things that are done or happen many times. 這些詞均表示時常、常常、經常。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆often / routinely available◆frequently / routinely / habitually used◆to happen often / frequently / a lot◆to occur often / frequently◆to wear sth often / frequently / a lot / habitually◆how often / frequently?◆quite often / frequently / a lot◆fairly / very often / frequently■ often many times 時常；常常◆I've often wondered what he looked like.我時常納悶他是長什麽樣的。◆The dog often went missing for days.這只狗常常一走失就是好幾天。◆How often does it happen?這多長時間發生一次？◆You should come and see us more often.你應該多來看看我們。◆She likes to get out of the city as often as possible.她巴不得三天兩頭就出城一次。◆It's not often that I receive fan letters.收到仰慕者的來信對我來說並非常有的事。 OPP rarely , seldom ⇨ rarely   see also often ⇨ usually ■ frequently (rather formal) often 頻繁地；常常◆It was a word he used frequently.那個詞他經常用。◆Passengers complained that trains were frequently cancelled.乘客抱怨火車車次頻頻被取消。◆It's the most frequently asked question these days.那是這些天來問得最多的問題。OPP infrequently ⇨ rarely   see also frequent ⇨ frequent NOTE 辨析 Often or frequently?In many cases you can use either word. Frequently is more formal than often and is used especially to talk about things that affect or are done by people in general; often is more often used to talk about things that you do or that affect you personally. 在許多情況下這兩個詞可以通用。frequently較often正式，尤用以談論對大衆産生影響的事或人們通常會做的事；often多用以談論你自己做的事或只對你個人産生影響的事。■ a lot (informal, especially spoken) often 時常；常常◆We used to go out quite a lot.我們過去經常外出參加社交活動。◆They worry about it a lot.他們常爲這事憂慮。OPP not much ⓘ The opposite is not much. * a lot的反義詞是not much◆We didn't go out much.當時我們不常外出交際。 ■ routinely ruːˈtiːnli as part of a routine; very often; (of doing sth bad) so often that it is considered normal 常規地；例行地；經常；（做壞事）屢見不鮮◆A red blood cell count and blood pressure were routinely recorded.對紅細胞總數和血壓做了常規記錄。◆He is routinely cited as one of America's best businessmen.他經常被譽爲美國最傑出的商人之一。◆The regime was accused of routinely torturing prisoners.那政權被指控經常對囚犯施虐。  see also routine ⇨ process noun , routine ⇨ usual adj. ■ habitually həˈbɪtʃuəli as a habit; very often 習慣性地；慣常地；經常◆She was without the steel-framed glasses she habitually wore.她沒戴那副常戴的鋼框眼鏡。◆The rules were habitually broken.這些規定一貫不被遵守。  see also habitual ⇨ frequent , habitual ⇨ usual
BNC: 230 COCA: 274
often
Often and many times: often, frequently, regularly...

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