類型：英語語法
時間：2020-08-03
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1. 關(guān)于位置
(1) 表示“經(jīng)常”，通常放在行為動詞之前，特殊動詞（助動詞、情態(tài)動詞以及動詞 be）之后。如：
He was
often late for
class. 他上課經(jīng)常遲到。
We
often go
skating together. 我們常常一道去溜冰。
You must
often come to see us. 你要常來看我們。
(2) 如果句子較短或為了強(qiáng)調(diào)，
often可以放在句末。如：
You won’t see her
often. 你不會常常看到她的。
如果句子較長或為了強(qiáng)調(diào)，
often也可以放句首。如：
Often I miss
breakfast and have an
early lunch instead. 我常常不吃早餐，而吃一頓早午餐。
有時位于句首或句末是因為本身帶有修飾語（如
quite, very, so等）。如：
Quite often the
phone rings when I’m in the bath. 電話經(jīng)常在我洗澡時響。
When I was
young, I used to play
tennis very
often. 我年輕時經(jīng)常打網(wǎng)球。
(3) 有時
often不是用于說明句子中的動詞，而是用于說明整個句子的，此時也通用于句首。如：
Often, in the
evening, we’d hear the sirens. 常常我們會在傍晚聽到警報聲。
Often, when he
should have been
doing something useful, he
wasted his time
drawing little pictures. 常常當(dāng)他應(yīng)當(dāng)干些正經(jīng)事時，他卻浪費時間畫小畫。
(4)
often置于句首時，有時其后可接倒裝語序（但這并不是必需的）。如：
Often had she
intended to
speak of this. 她常想說及此事。
Often did we warn them not to do so. 我們曾多次警告過他們，不要這樣做。
2. 關(guān)于時態(tài)
often通常與一般現(xiàn)在時或一般過去時連用，此外它還有以下用法值得注意：
(1) 與現(xiàn)在完成時連用，強(qiáng)調(diào)動詞的一慣性和經(jīng)常性。如：
You have
often been told not to do that. 多次告誡過你別干那事。
I have
often heard of him
working hard. 我常聽人說他刻苦用功。
(2) 與情態(tài)動詞will連用，表示一種慣常的行為。如：
In fine
weather, he will
often sit in the sun for
hours. 天氣晴朗時，他常在陽光下坐好幾個小時。
When you look at
clouds they will
often remind you of
animals. 你觀察云彩的時候，往往會聯(lián)想起動物。
(3) 與情態(tài)動詞would連用，表示過去慣常的行為。如：
When we were
students we
would often stay up all
night. 我們當(dāng)學(xué)生時，經(jīng)常通宵不睡。
As he grew
older, he
would often talk
about his war
experiences. 他年歲大了，常常講他的戰(zhàn)爭經(jīng)歷。
3. 在否定句中的位置
在否定句中，
often可位于否定詞not之前或之后。如：
They don’t
often hold such
parties. 他們不常開這樣的晚會。
Statistics and
surveys often don’t
prove very much at all. 數(shù)據(jù)和調(diào)查常常證明不了什么。
4. as
often as 用法
用于 as
often as，有兩個意思是，一是表示“與……一樣次數(shù)多”。如：
He came as
often as he
could. 他盡可能常來。
二是起連詞作用，相當(dāng)于whenever，意為“每當(dāng)”。如：
As
often as I
tried to ring him, the line was
engaged. 每次我給他打電話都占線。
注意習(xí)語as
often as not（通常，常常），也可說成more
often than not。如：
When it’s
foggy, the
trains are late as
often as not. 霧大時，火車往往晚點。
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