often

adv.

1. 时常；常常
   many times
   1. We often go there.
      我们常去那里。
   2. I've often wondered what happened to him.
      我时常纳闷他出了什么事。
   3. How often do you go to the theatre?
      你多长时间看一次戏？
   4. I see her quite often.
      我常常见到她。
   5. Try to exercise as often as possible.
      尽可能经常锻炼。
   6. We should meet for lunch more often.
      我们应该更常一点相聚在一起吃午饭。
   7. It is not often that you get such an opportunity.
      你得到这样的机会，可不是常有的事。
2. 往往；大多
   in many cases
   1. Old houses are often damp.
      老房子大多都潮湿。
   2. People are often afraid of things they don't understand.
      人往往对自己不懂的东西感到恐惧。
   3. All too often the animals die through neglect.
      动物因缺乏照料而死亡的事司空见惯。

Often is usually used before the verb, but it may be used after the verb when it has a word like ‘less’ or ‘more’ before it, or when the clause is negative.
often通常用于动词前，但若前面有less，more等词，或从句为否定形式时，可置于动词之后。

1. ADV-GRADED 常常；经常
   If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time.
   1. They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill...
      他们经常在普雷斯科特山过圣诞节。
   2. 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。
   3. They used these words freely, often in front of their parents too...
      这些语词他们随口即出，在父母面前也常常如此。
   4. It was often hard to work and do the course at the same time...
      半工半读常常很艰难。
   5. That doesn't happen very often.
      那样的事并不常见。
2. ADV （用于询问或说明某事发生的频率）（多）常
   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.
   1. How often do you brush your teeth?...
      你多久刷一次牙？
   2. I don't know how often I heard the same awful jokes...
      这种千篇一律的烂笑话我不知道听过多少回了。
   3. Unemployed Queenslanders were victims of personal crime twice as often as employed people.
      在昆士兰，失业人群沦为个人犯罪受害者的可能性比就业人群高一倍。

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'
指某事在短时间内数次发生时，不能用often。例如，不能说 I often phoned her yesterday, 只能说 I phoned her several times yesterday（我昨天给她打了好几次电话）或者 I kept phoning her yesterday（我昨天一直给她打电话）。

3. PHRASE （有规律地）有时，偶尔
   If something happens every so often, it happens regularly, but with fairly long intervals between each occasion.
   1. She's going to come back every so often...
      她会偶尔回来的。
   2. Every so often he would turn and look at her.
      他会时不时回头看她一眼。
4. PHRASE 往往；多半；通常
   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 of the kind of situation you are talking about.
   1. Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise...
      然而，他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。
   2. Although sometimes I feel like bothering, as often as not I don't...
      虽然我有时会觉得这是在找麻烦，但是通常并不会这样。
   3. Behind many successful men there is, more often than not, a woman who makes this success possible.
      很多成功男人的背后往往都有一位助他一臂之力的女人。

1. Often I find that anger and resentment are at the bottom of the problem.
   我常常发现愤怒和不满是问题的真正根源。
2. She was often downright rude to him.
   她常对他十分粗鲁。
3. The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar fate.
   她经常跳舞的赌场遭遇了相似的命运。
4. I had often been very fearful, very angry, and very isolated.
   我以前经常感到非常恐惧，非常愤怒，非常孤独。
5. From start to finish he believed in me, often more than I did myself.
   他自始至终都相信我，而且时常超过我对自己的信任。
6. People often have incorrect information about food.
   人们对食物经常会有不正确的认识。
7. This resulted in overpriced and often inferior products
   这就导致了标价过高而往往质量低劣的产品的出现。
8. We Spaniards have lined up against each other all too often.
   我们西班牙人太爱窝里斗了。
9. Too often women find their jobs turning into nooses around their neck.
   女性常常感到工作成了一种束缚。
10. They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill
    他们经常在普雷斯科特山过圣诞节。
11. 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。
12. They used these words freely, often in front of their parents too
    这些语词他们随口即出，在父母面前也常常如此。
13. It was often hard to work and do the course at the same time
    半工半读常常很艰难。
14. That doesn't happen very often.
    那样的事并不常见。
15. How often do you brush your teeth?
    你多久刷一次牙？
16. I don't know how often I heard the same awful jokes
    这种千篇一律的烂笑话我不知道听过多少回了。
17. Unemployed Queenslanders were victims of personal crime twice as often as employed people.
    在昆士兰，失业人群沦为个人犯罪受害者的可能性比就业人群高一倍。
18. She's going to come back every so often
    她会偶尔回来的。
19. Every so often he would turn and look at her.
    他会时不时回头看她一眼。
20. Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise
    然而，他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。
21. Although sometimes I feel like bothering, as often as not I don't
    虽然我有时会觉得这是在找麻烦，但是通常并不会这样。
22. Behind many successful men there is, more often than not, a woman who makes this success possible.
    很多成功男人的背后往往都有一位助他一臂之力的女人。
23. I often do absent-minded things, particularly when I'm worried.
    我常做些心不在焉的事，尤其是在我焦虑不安时。
24. They often have a lonely and solitary life to lead.
    他们常常过一种独居的孤独生活。
25. I often have the most terrible nightmares
    我常做很吓人的噩梦。
26. I have often thought about this problem
    我常考虑这个问题。
27. They often remember the pleasant days they had with you.
    他们时常想起与你共度的愉快的时光。
28. The teacher often mixed me up with another boy of the same family name.
    老师常常把我和另外一个同姓的男孩搞混了。
29. Yet political news was often related to economic and social problems.
    而政治方面的新闻往往要涉及经济问题和社会问题。

  frequently always often regularly【导航词义：经常】

  frequently adv. 经常地，频繁地

〔辨析〕强调次数多、间隔短。

  always adv. 经常，老是

〔辨析〕尤指总是以惹人厌的方式做某事。

  often adv. 经常，多次

〔辨析〕指某事有规律性地或频繁地发生，频度弱于 always。

  regularly adv. 经常

〔辨析〕强调规律性。

adv.

as often as not

more often than not

• 通常；往往；一贯
  usually; in a way that is typical of sb/sth
  1. As often as not, he's late for work.
     他上班往往迟到。

every so often

• 有时；偶尔
  occasionally; sometimes

once too often

• 侥幸难再
  used to say that sb has done sth wrong or stupid again, and this time they will suffer because of it
  1. You've tried that trick once too often.
     你故技重施，可这次再逃不脱了。

adv

1. many times at short intervals
   1. we often met over a cup of coffee

   Synonym:    frequentlyoftentimesoftofttimes

2. frequently or in great quantities
   1. I don't drink much
   2. I don't travel much

   Synonym:    mucha great deal

3. in many cases or instances