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many times 时常；常常 We often go there. 我们常去那里。 I've often wondered what happened to him. 我时常纳闷他出了什么事。 How often do you go to the theatre? 你多长时间看一次戏？ I see her quite often. 我常常见到她。 Try to exercise as often as possible. 尽可能经常锻炼。 We should meet for lunch more often. 我们应该多多一起吃午饭。 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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timea1How often does it happen? 这多长时间发生一次？ It's not often that I receive fan letters. 收到仰慕者的来信对我来说并非常有的事。 She likes to get out of the city as often as possible. 她巴不得三天两头就出城一次。 Stolen information is most often used for credit card fraud. 被盗信息最常被用于信用卡欺诈。
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in many cases 往往；大多 Old houses are often damp. 老房子大多都潮湿。 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。 All too often the animals die through neglect. 动物因缺乏照料而死亡的事司空见惯。 His success depended, as so often happens, on things entirely outside his control. 正如经常发生的那样，他的成功完全取决于他无法控制的事情。 The residents often have difficulty accessing services to meet their needs. 居民往往难以获得满足其需求的服务。
Extra ExamplesPeople often find it difficult to say goodbye. 人们往往觉得很难开口说再见。 She's mean. Rich people very often are. 她很吝啬，富人大多如此。 Traffic has increased and the roads are all too often inadequate. 交通流量增加了，道路不敷使用是司空见惯的事。
Word OriginMiddle English: extended form of oft, probably influenced by selden ‘seldom’. Early examples appear to be northern English; the word became general in the 16th cent.
Idioms
as often as not | more often than not
every so often
occasionally; sometimes 有时；偶尔 Every so often I heard a strange noise outside. 我时常听到外面有奇怪的声音。
once too often