OFTEN1 when something happens many times2 too often, in a way that is annoying3 ways of saying what someone or something often does4 often happening or often done5 how often something happensRELATED WORDSoppositeNEVERsee alsoALWAYSREGULAR/REGULARLYCONTINUESOMETIMESUSUALLY1 when something happens many times 某事多次发生often /ˈɒfən, ˈɒftənǁˈɔːf-/ [adverb] I often see her walking past with the children on the way to school. 我上学途中经常看到她带着孩子经过。 Dad wasn't often angry so I knew something terrible must have happened. 爸爸不常生气，所以我知道肯定是发生什么糟糕的事情了。quite often ‘Have you ever been to the China Moon Café?’ ‘Yes -- we go there quite often.’ “你去过汉月咖啡厅吗？”“去过—我们经常去那儿。”not very often I have a cell phone, but I don't use it very often. 我有个手机，但我不常用。it's not often (that) somebody does something It's not often that you see a grass snake these days -- they've become quite rare. 现在游蛇不大常见—它们已变得很稀有了。 It's not often I get the chance to go to the movies. 我不是经常有机会去看电影的。a lot /ə ˈlɒtǁ-ˈlɑːt/ [adverb]spokenif you do somethinga lot, you often do it 【口】经常，时常 It's nice to meet you. Wendy's talked about you a lot. 很高兴认识你，温迪经常讲起你。 I used to walk a lot, but I've been very lazy recently. 以前我走很多路，但是最近懒了。quite a lotBritish She goes abroad on business quite a lot. 她经常到国外出差。frequently /ˈfriːkwəntli/ [adverb]often - used especially in writing or more formal speech 经常地，频繁地〔尤用于文章或正式讲话中〕 Passengers complain that trains are frequently cancelled. 旅客投诉火车经常取消。 You have to be willing to change jobs frequently if you want to get to the top in business. 如果你想事业有成，就必须愿意频繁地换工作。 Frequently, she would find herself gazing out of the window lost in thought. 她时常会凝视着窗外，陷入沉思。repeatedly /rɪˈpiːtɪdli, rɪˈpiːtədli/ [adverb]use this to emphasize that someone did something many times 反复地，多次，一再〔用于强调〕 Graham's doctor had repeatedly warned him not to work so hard. 格雷厄姆的医生一再告诫他工作不要太累。 Max was punched and kicked repeatedly as he lay on the ground. 马克斯躺在地上不断遭到拳打脚踢。 Al Gore has stated repeatedly, that the American economy is dependent upon a healthy environment. 戈尔一再指出，美国经济依赖于良好的环境。again and again /əˌgen ənd əˈgen/ [adverb]use this to emphasize that the same thing has happened many times 一再，屡次〔用于强调〕 She kept asking the same question again and again. 她再三地问相同的问题。 Again and again I was thrown upwards from my bunk as the ship battled through the storm. 船在暴风雨中行驶，我一次又一次地从床铺上被抛起来。hundreds/thousands of times /ˈhʌndrɪdz, ˈhʌndrədz, ˈθaʊzəndz əv ˌtaɪmz/ [adverb]spokensay this when you are emphasizing that someone has done something many times in the past 【口】无数次；许多次 It was a sound he'd heard thousands of times before. 那个声音他以前听到过无数次。 My grandmother must have spoken to him hundreds of times but, surprisingly, she didn't know his name. 我祖母一定跟他说过许多次话了，可她竟然不知道他的名字。 I've been rejected hundreds of times, but if you don't try you never will get a job, will you? 我被拒绝了无数次，但是如果你不去尝试，就永远找不到工作，你说呢？many times /ˈmeni taɪmz/ [adverb]if someone has done something many times, they have done it often 许多次，不少次somebody has/had done something many times (before) I had walked down this road many times before, but somehow today it seemed different. 这条路我以前走过许多次，但今天不知何故好像不一样了。as somebody has/had done many times (before) The woman upstairs shouted down at us and threatened to call the police, as she had done many times before. 楼上的女人探下头呼喝我们，威胁要报警，像她以前多次干过的那样。 I looked down at the town, as I had done so many times as a young man, and remembered the people I had known there. 我俯瞰着小镇，像我年轻时常常做的一样，想起了以前在那里认识的人。2 too often, in a way that is annoying 太频繁，以致令人讨厌keep (on) doing something /ˌkiːp (ɒn) ˈduːɪŋ something/ [verb phrase not in progressive]especially spokento do something many times, in a way that is annoying 【尤口】〔令人厌烦地〕不停地做某事 Dad, Bobby keeps hitting me! 爸爸，博比老是打我！ How can I explain if you keep on interrupting me? 你老是打断我，我怎么解释呢? I keep forgetting to mail this letter. 我老是忘了寄这封信。always/all the time /ˈɔːlwɪz, ˈɔːlwəz, ˌɔːl ðə ˈtaɪm/ [adverb]if someone or something isalways doing something, or someone or something does somethingall the time, it annoys you because they do it too often 总是，老是，一直 I'm sick of Harold, he's always telling me what to do. 我讨厌哈罗德，他老是对我指手画脚。 What do you mean you never see me? You're at my house all the time. 你说从未见过我，这是什么意思？你一直在我家。 I don't know about you, but I'm always having arguments with people! 我不了解你，但我是经常会和人家争吵的！ He was always trying to persuade me to go out drinking with him. 他老是想法子说服我和他一起出去喝酒。constantly/continually /ˈkɒnstəntliǁˈkɑːn-, kənˈtɪnjuəli/ [adverb]use this when you are very annoyed because something happens repeatedly over a long period of time 经常地；不断地 They seemed to be continually arguing. 他们好像不停地吵架。 I wish you'd clean up your room without having to be constantly reminded. 我希望你自己会打扫房间，不要老要人家提醒。be forever doing something /biː fərˌevəʳ ˈduːɪŋ something/ [verb phrase]spokenif someone or something isforever doing something, they annoy you by doing it very often over a long period of time 【口】老是做某事，不断做某事 He never does his homework on time and is forever getting into trouble at school. 他从来不准时做功课，在学校里老是惹麻烦。 We bought a new washing machine. The old one was forever breaking down. 我们买了一台新的洗衣机，旧的那台老是坏掉。half the time /ˈhɑːf ðə ˌtaɪmǁˈhæf-/ [adverb]spokensay this when you are describing something annoying or bad that someone does very often 【口】经常，大部分时间 Half the time the managers don't know what's going on. 那些经理大部分时间都不知道发生了什么事。 I never know where he is - half the time he doesn't return my phone calls. 我从来都不知道他在哪里一他经常不回我的电话。time and time again /ˌtaɪm ən taɪm əˈgen/ [adverb]use this to say that something has been done many times, especially when this is annoying or does not have any effect 一再，一次又一次〔尤指这样的做法令人讨厌或没有效果〕 I've told you time and time again not to play with matches - it's dangerous. 我一次又一次地告诉过你不要玩火柴—那是很危险的。 I see people making the same mistakes, time and time again. 我看到人们一再犯同样的错误。with great regularity /wɪð ˌgreɪt regjɑˈlærti/ [adverb]if something happens with great regularity, it keeps happening, often in an annoying way 经常性地 Yes, the bank keep piling these outrageous charges on my bank account with great regularity. 是呀，银行经常会从我的账户里收取这些骇人的费用。 With great regularity, wasps would fly in through the open window and get trapped behind the glass. 经常会有黄蜂从开着的窗户飞进来，被困在玻璃后面飞不出去。ad nauseam /ˌædˈnɔːziəm, -iæm/ [adverb]if someone talks about somethingad nauseam, they talk about it for so long that it becomes very annoying or boring 令人厌烦地，不停地 We've discussed this ad nauseam, and I don't see the point of going over the same ground again. 这事我们已经讨论得够多了，我看没有必要再老话重提了。 He goes on ad nauseam about how much better everything was in the old days. 他喋喋不休地讲过去的一切是多么多么的美好。3 ways of saying what someone or something often does 某人经常做某事或某事物经常发生的说法tend to do something /ˌtend tə ˈduː something/ [verb phrase not in progressive]to often do a particular thing, and be likely to do it 经常做某事；易于做某事 Dave tends to arrive late, so don't worry yet. 戴夫经常迟到，所以现在还不用担心。 The problem with this model of car is that the gearbox tends to seize up. 这种型号的汽车缺点是变速箱容易卡住。 My father tends to interfere too much in other people's business. 我父亲经常对其他人的事情干涉太多。 Recent studies show that girls tend to be better at languages than boys. 最近的一些研究显示，女孩子在语言方面往往强于男孩子。have a tendency to do something /hæv ə ˌtendənsi tə ˈduː something/ [verb phrase not in progressive]to often do something and be more likely to do it than other people or things are 往往会做某事；倾向于做某事 Divorced people have a tendency to live with new partners rather than marry again. 离过婚的人往往倾向于和新的伴侣同居，而不是再婚。 It's poor quality cloth, with a tendency to shrink. 这布料质量很差；容易缩水。 Eliott's family has a tendency to put on weight, and so his parents enrolled him in a special gym for kids. 埃利奥特的家族有肥胖的倾向，所以他父母给他报名参加了一个儿童特别健身班。be inclined to do something /biː ɪnˌklaɪnd tə ˈduː something/ [verb phrase]if someone isinclined to do something, they do it fairly often or are fairly likely to do it, especially because they have a particular type of character 总是会做某事，往往会做某事〔尤因某种性格使然〕 Victor is inclined to be somewhat domineering. 维克托总是有点专横。 Middle-class victims of crime are more inclined to contact the police. 中产阶级的罪案受害人更倾向于与警察联系。have a habit of doing something /hæv ə ˌhæbt əv ˈduːɪŋ something/ [verb phrase not in progressive]use this when you are warning someone that something has happened before and is likely to happen again 有做某事的习惯；总是会做某事〔用于警告某人此事有可能还会发生〕 Be careful not to annoy the boss. He has a habit of losing his temper. 小心别去惹老板，他爱发脾气。 We shouldn't rule out a Democrat victory yet. These things have a habit of changing just when you least expect it. 我们现在还不能排除民主党获胜的可能，这种事情经常在你最意想不到的时候发生变化。be apt to do something /biː ˌæpt tə ˈduː something/ [verb phrase]formalto often do something or be likely to do something, especially at a particular time or in a particular situation 【正式】经常做某事；易于做某事〔尤指在某一特定时间或场合〕 He was apt to get very upset when things went wrong. 出了差错时他很容易就会变得很心烦意乱。 The pond was apt to dry up during summer. 那个池塘在夏天经常干涸。4 often happening or often done 经常发生或经常做的frequent /ˈfriːkwənt/ [adjective] His job involved making frequent trips to Saudi Arabia. 他的工作要经常出差到沙特阿拉伯。 The doctor recommended frequent salt baths to help the wound heal. 医生建议经常洗盐水浴，以促进伤口愈合。 My duties brought me into frequent contact with Captain Nagumo. 我的工作使我经常要接触南云上校。 As the treatment began to take effect, her headaches became less frequent. 治疗开始见效，她头痛的次数渐渐减少了。frequent visitor/traveller/flier etcsomeone who visits, uses something etc frequently 常客/经常旅行的人/飞行常客等 As a frequent business traveler, I have spent many nights in bland hotel rooms. 我经常出差，很多个晚上都是在冷冰冰的旅馆客房里度过。 Simmons is a frequent guest on daytime TV talk shows. 西蒙斯是日间电视访谈节目的常客。repeated /rɪˈpiːtɪd, rɪˈpiːtəd/ [adjective only before noun]repeated actions are done on several occasions, especially because they do not have any effect at first 多次的，一再的，反复的〔尤指刚开始时没有效果〕 The torture involved repeated beatings and electric shock treatment. 酷刑包括反复拷打和电击虐待。 There have been repeated requests for the United Nations to send peace-keeping forces to the area. 他们已一再要求联合国派遣维和部队到该地区去。 Massieu remains a free man, despite repeated attempts to arrest him on murder and drug charges. 马西厄依然是个自由人，尽管警方多次试图以谋杀和吸毒的罪名逮捕他。habitual /həˈbɪtʃuəl/ [adjective]done often as a habit, especially when this is annoying to other people 习惯性的，已成习惯的〔尤使别人感到烦厌〕 Ingrained attitudes and habitual ways of thinking are very difficult to change. 根深蒂固的处世之道和惯常的思维方式是很难改变的。 Tony's habitual laziness became even more extreme in winter, and he would sometimes stay in bed until mid afternoon. 托尼懒惰成性，到了冬天更加变本加厉，有时候会在床上待到下午很晚的时候。habitual drinker/gambler/drug user/offender/felon etcsomeone who does something bad or illegal 嗜酒成性的人/赌博成性的人/经常吸毒的人/惯犯等 My father was a habitual gambler, until my mother packed her bags and threatened to leave. 我爸爸曾经嗜赌成性，直到妈妈收拾行李威胁要离开他。 It is estimated that as many as half the young men in the community are habitual drug users. 估计该社区有多达一半的年轻男人经常吸毒。habitually [adverb] Bernstein habitually arrived at airports just moments before departure. 伯恩斯坦总是在飞机就要起飞的时候才赶到机场。continual/constant /kənˈtɪnjuəl, ˈkɒnstəntǁˈkɑːn-/ [adjective only before noun]use this about things that annoy you because they happen repeatedly over a long time 频繁的，经常发生的，不断的 It's impossible to work with these constant interruptions. 这些无休止的干扰令人没法工作。 We've had continual problems with the computer system ever since it was installed. 我们的电脑系统安装了之后一直出现问题。5 how often something happens 某事发生的频度how often /haʊ ˈɒfənǁ-ˈɔːf-/ [adverb] How often do you see your parents? 你多久去看一次父母？ What should you feed a puppy and how often? 你要用什么东西喂小狗，多久喂一次? When Peter said I was heartless it made me wonder how often I'd shown my lack of sympathy. 彼得说我无情的时候，我就想，我是不是经常这样冷漠。 It's amazing how often this kind of thing happens. 奇怪呀，这种事情竟然经常发生。how many times /ˌhaʊ meni ˈtaɪmz/ [adverb] How many times has she been married? 她结过几次婚了? I can't remember how many times I've been to New York. 我记不起去过纽约多少次了。how many times a day/week/year etc How many times a week do you go swimming? 你一星期去游几次泳？ The doctor wanted to know how many times I went to the toilet in a day. 医生想知道我一天上几次厕所。the number of times /ðə ˌnʌmbər əv ˈtaɪmz/ [noun phrase]exactly how often something happens 〔某事发生的〕次数 The computer can tell you the number of times a word occurs in a piece of writing such as a book. 电脑能告诉你某个单词在一本书等的文字作品中出现的次数。 The rate of respiration is the number of times the patient breathes in and out during a given period. 呼吸率是指病人在一定时间内吸气和呼气的次数。 Try to increase the number of times you exercise per week. 尽量增加你每周的锻炼次数。frequency /ˈfriːkwənsi/ [uncountable noun]the number of times that something happens during a particular period of time 发生的次数；频率frequency of The frequency of mining accidents has steadily decreased over the past 20 years. 在过去的20年里，采矿事故发生的频率已稳步下降。high frequencyhappening very often 高发生率 The high frequency of cases of diarrhoea is attributable to poor food hygiene. 腹泻病例频繁出现是因为食物不卫生。with increasing frequencymore and more frequently 越来越频繁地 Crimes of this type are happening with increasing frequency. 这一类罪案发生得越来越频繁。