oft

英 [ɒft]

美 [ɔːft]

adv.  时常

BNC.16503 / COCA.22123

牛津词典

adv.

• 时常
  often

柯林斯词典

• COMB in ADJ （与过去分词连用构成形容词）表示“时常”，“经常”
  Oft-combines with past participles to form adjectives that mean that something happens or is done often.
  1. The Foreign Secretary's views on the treaty are well-documented and oft-repeated...
     外交大臣就该条约发表的观点有大量记述并被屡屡提及。
  2. It turns out to be a far more irritating poem than its oft-quoted lines suggest.
     结果发现这首诗比起它常被引用的那几句来更加恼人。

英英释义

adv

• many times at short intervals
  1. we often met over a cup of coffee
  Synonym:frequentlyoftenoftentimesofttimes

双语例句

• The swallow oft beneath my thatch.
  燕子将常驻在我的屋檐下。
• I must have been oft for twenty minutes before I recovered consciousness.
  我恢复知觉以前肯定昏迷了有20分钟。
• A pirate boat may lurk up any stream, and escaped slaves oft hide amongst the ruins.
  海盗船可能在任何溪流里窥伺，出逃的奴隶则在那些废墟中潜伏。
• And oft I catch them smiling as they pass, Because they see me gazing where thou art.
  我常常看到他们微笑着走过，因为他们看见我凝视着你的所在。
• It is an oft repeated axiom that money cannot buy happiness.
  钱，不能买到幸福（为什么金钱不能买到幸福），这是众所周知的道理。
• I kiss'd you oft and gave you white pease;
  我常亲吻你，喂你豌豆吃；
• The oft research, conducted by consultants and academics at University College London, was based on a laboratory experiment in which students sat at a computer and were presented with hypothetical deals from two fictional retailers.
  由伦敦大学学院（universitycollegelondon）的顾问和学者进行的oft研究基于实验室试验，在实验中，一些学生坐在一台电脑前，面对2家虚拟的零售商提供的假想交易。
• As with past investigations, any oft study will find it difficult to prove price fixing.
  与以往的调查一样，英国公平交易办公室进行的任何调查，都将发现证明价格操纵非常困难。
• Many a time and oft have we watched the trees glow as the sun set behind them.
  我们曾多次观看这些树在落日的映照下熠熠生辉。
• The curse was oft seen in children, especially in damp, cold climes.
  那种诅咒在孩童身上比较常见，尤其是潮湿寒冷的气候里。