often

柯林斯詞典

1. ADV If something often happens, it happens many times or much of the time. 經(jīng)常
They often spent Christmas together. 他們經(jīng)常一起過圣誕節(jié)。
That doesn't happen very often. 那不常發(fā)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. 時(shí)常的
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. 偶爾
She's going to come back every so often. 她會(huì)偶爾回來一下。
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
Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise. 然而，他們往往發(fā)現(xiàn)自己是迫害對(duì)象，而不是表揚(yáng)對(duì)象。

I don't cook meat very often.
It's often quicker to travel across country and avoid the major roads altogether .
She wrote less and less often, and eventually she stopped altogether .
They had a passionate and often stormy relationship .
I often get hungry towards the middle of the morning .