「often」

adv. 常常，时常

英 ['ɒf(tə)n]美 ['ɔf(tə)n]

权威例句

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

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。

英语词源

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.