詞彙精選：often的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adv.

時常，常常

例句：

I often take my children to play in the park.

我經常帶我的孩子們去公園玩。

例句：

We often go hunting.

我們常常去打獵。

往往，通常

例句：

Often, just by sharing our feelings,we can better understand and deal with them.

往往，通過分享我們的情感，我們能夠更好地理解和應對它們。

例句：

Man is often taller than woman.

一般說來男子比女子高。

二、詞義辨析：

always,often,usually,frequently,repeatedly,regularly

這些副詞均表示頻度。always總是，永遠。語氣最強，指在一切時候，沒有例外。often經常，語氣弱於always,側重動作發生的次數具有經常性，具體時間意味不強。usually通常，通例地，指習慣性動作，頻度僅次於always，較often大，偶爾有間隔。frequently時常，經常，與often同義，可通用，但較正式，強調次數頻繁。repeatedly屢次，強調次數多，但反覆的頻率不一定均勻。regularly用於修飾經常而有規律性的動作。

三、相關短語：

every so often

adv. 偶爾，時常

more often than not

ad.1.往往，大半

四、參考例句：

He often dreams nightmares.

他經常做噩夢。

I often go climbing.

我常常去爬山。

I often watch cartoons.

我常常看動畫片。

Thunderstorms often stampede cattle.

雷雨常使牛羣驚逃。

We often go there.

我們常去那兒。

They often go mushrooming.

他們常去採蘑菇。

Inflorescences often few flowered.

花序通常很少花。

Termite often destroys wood.

白蟻經常破壞樹木.

Blighted stems often canker.

有病的莖往往潰爛。

Drug addicts often hallucinate.

吸毒成癮的人常常產生幻覺。