| 词组 | often |
| 释义 | often If something happens often, it happens many times. ◊ position in clause If there is no auxiliary, you put often in front of the verb, unless the verb is 'be'. If the verb is 'be', you put often after it. We often get very cold winters here. They often tell you what they want to believe themselves. They were often hungry. If there is an auxiliary, you put often after it. She has often spoken of the individual's 'right to choose'. He had often pointed this out to Lucy. If there is more than one auxiliary, you put often after the first one. The facts had often been distorted. It's a word you must often have come across. If a sentence is fairly short, you can put often at the end of it. He's in London often. He could see Gertrude often. In writing, often is sometimes put at the beginning of a long sentence. Often in the evening the little girl would be clutching at my knees while I held the baby up on my shoulder. ◊ WARNING You do not use often to talk about something that happens several times within a short period of time. You do not say, for example, 'I often phoned her yesterday'. You say 'I phoned her several times yesterday' or 'I kept phoning her yesterday'. That fear was expressed several times last week. She kept trying to get her husband away to go to lunch. For a graded list of words used to say how frequently something happens, see section on frequency in entry at ↑ ◊ other uses of 'often' You use often with 'how' when you are asking about the number of times that something happens or happened. How often do you need to weigh the baby? How often have you done this programme? Often can also be used to say that something is done just once by many people, or that something is true about many people. People often asked me why I didn't ride more during the trip. Old people often don't like raw cabbage. |
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