
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(lái)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(tīng)眾已感到厭煩。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)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(huì)。
The police visited all the bars that the suspect frequented. 警察調(diào)查了嫌疑犯時(shí)常出沒(méi)的所有酒吧。
These woods are frequented by all kinds of birds. 這些樹(shù)林里經(jīng)常棲息著各種鳥(niǎo)類。
The best ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. 常來(lái)造訪的朋友是房子最好的裝飾。
frequent作“時(shí)常發(fā)生的,常見(jiàn)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(yǔ)或表語(yǔ)。
frequent的比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)形式分別是more frequent和most frequent。