adj.頻繁的；經(jīng)常的

vt.常到；常去

My girlfriend writes frequent letters to me. 我的女朋友頻繁地給我寫信。

Traffic accidents are alarmingly frequent of late. 近來交通事故頻繁得嚇人。

He is a frequent visitor to our house. 他是我們家的常客。

He suffers from frequent bouts of depression. 他患多發(fā)性抑郁癥。

His frequent hesitations annoyed the audience. 他三番五次欲言又止，聽眾已感到厭煩。

He used to frequent the town's bars and night-clubs. 他從前常去鎮(zhèn)上的酒吧和夜總會。

The police visited all the bars that the suspect frequented. 警察調(diào)查了嫌疑犯時(shí)常出沒的所有酒吧。

These woods are frequented by all kinds of birds. 這些樹林里經(jīng)常棲息著各種鳥類。

The best ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. 常來造訪的朋友是房子最好的裝飾。

frequent作“時(shí)常發(fā)生的,常見的”解時(shí),指的是事物的重復(fù)出現(xiàn),其中間可有中斷或停止。在句中可用作定語或表語。

frequent的比較級和最高級形式分別是more frequent和most frequent。