词汇精选：often的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adv.

时常，常常

例句：

I often take my children to play in the park.

我经常带我的孩子们去公园玩。

例句：

We often go hunting.

我们常常去打猎。

往往，通常

例句：

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

往往，通过分享我们的情感，我们能够更好地理解和应对它们。

例句：

Man is often taller than woman.

一般说来男子比女子高。

二、词义辨析：

always,often,usually,frequently,repeatedly,regularly

这些副词均表示频度。always总是，永远。语气最强，指在一切时候，没有例外。often经常，语气弱于always,侧重动作发生的次数具有经常性，具体时间意味不强。usually通常，通例地，指习惯性动作，频度仅次于always，较often大，偶尔有间隔。frequently时常，经常，与often同义，可通用，但较正式，强调次数频繁。repeatedly屡次，强调次数多，但反复的频率不一定均匀。regularly用于修饰经常而有规律性的动作。

三、相关短语：

every so often

adv. 偶尔，时常

more often than not

ad.1.往往，大半

四、参考例句：

He often dreams nightmares.

他经常做噩梦。

I often go climbing.

我常常去爬山。

I often watch cartoons.

我常常看动画片。

Thunderstorms often stampede cattle.

雷雨常使牛群惊逃。

We often go there.

我们常去那儿。

They often go mushrooming.

他们常去采蘑菇。

Inflorescences often few flowered.

花序通常很少花。

Termite often destroys wood.

白蚁经常破坏树木.

Blighted stems often canker.

有病的茎往往溃烂。

Drug addicts often hallucinate.

吸毒成瘾的人常常产生幻觉。