often /ˈɒfən/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADV If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time. 经常

  例：

  They often spent Christmas together.

  他们经常一起过圣诞节。

  例：

  That doesn't happen very often.

  那不常发生。

• 2. 

  ADV 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. 时常的

  例：

  How often do you brush your teeth?

  你多久刷一次牙？

• 3. 

  PHRASE If something happens every so often, it happens regularly, but with fairly long intervals between each occasion. 偶尔

  例：

  She's going to come back every so often.

  她会偶尔回来一下。

• 4. 

  PHRASE 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. 往往

  例：

  Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise.

  然而，他们往往发现自己是迫害对象，而不是表扬对象。