often的比较级和最高级
often是一个英语单词,可以用作副词,可以翻译为常常、经常,等等。
often的比较级和最高级:
often的比较级:more often。
often的最高级:most often。
often的用法:
1、关于位置。
(1)表示“经常”,通常放在行为动词之前,特殊动词(助动词、情态动词以及动词be)之后。
如:
He was often late for class.
他上课经常迟到。
We often go skating together.
我们常常一道去溜冰。
You must often come to see us.
你要常来看我们。
(2)如果句子较短或为了强调,often可以放在句末。
如:
You won’t see her often.
你不会常常看到她的。
如果句子较长或为了强调,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,而吃一顿早午餐。
有时位于句首或句末是因为本身带有修饰语(如quite, very, so等)。
如:
Quite often the phone rings when I’m in the bath.
电话经常在我洗澡时响。
(3)有时often不是用于说明句子中的动词,而是用于说明整个句子的,此时也通用于句首。
如:
Often, in the evening, we’d hear the sirens.
常常我们会在傍晚听到警报声。
Often, when he should have been doing something useful, he wasted his time drawing little pictures.
常常当他应当干些正经事时,他却浪费时间画小画。
(4)often置于句首时,有时其后可接倒装语序(但这并不是必需的)。如:
Often had she intended to speak of this.
她常想说及此事。
Often did we warn them not to do so.
我们曾多次警告过他们,不要这样做。
2、关于时态:
often通常与一般现在时或一般过去时连用,此外它还有以下用法值得注意:
(1)与现在完成时连用,强调动词的一惯性和经常性。
如:
You have often been told not to do that.
多次告诫过你别干那事。
I have often heard of him working hard.
我常听人说他刻苦用功。
(2)与情态动词will连用,表示一种惯常的行为。
如:
In fine weather, he will often sit in the sun for hours.
天气晴朗时,他常在阳光下坐好几个小时。
When you look at clouds they will often remind you of animals.
你观察云彩的时候,往往会联想起动物。
(3)与情态动词would连用,表示过去惯常的行为。
如:
When we were students we would often stay up all night.
我们当学生时,经常通宵不睡。
As he grew older, he would often talk about his war experiences.
他年岁大了,常常讲他的战争经历。
3、在否定句中的位置:
在否定句中,often可位于否定词not之前或之后。
如:
They don’t often hold such parties.
他们不常开这样的晚会。
Statistics and surveys often don’t prove very much at all.
数据和调查常常证明不了什么。
4、as often as 用法:
用于 as often as,有两个意思是,一是表示“与……一样次数多”。
如:
He came as often as he could.
他尽可能常来。
二是起连词作用,相当于whenever,意为“每当”。
如:
As often as I tried to ring him, the line was engaged.
每次我给他打电话都占线。
注意习语as often as not(通常,常常),也可说成more often than not。
如:
When it’s foggy, the trains are late as often as not.
雾大时,火车往往晚点。
often后面加动词原形吗?
often后用动词一般使用一般现在时态。
often前的主语是复数形式,后面的动词使用原型;often前的主语是单三形式,后面的动词变成相应的单三形式。 另外当often前面的主语是I或者We时,后面的动词为动词原形。
如:
They often go to work by bus.
他们经常乘公交去上班。
He often goes to school by bike.
他常骑自行车上学。
often和usually的区别:
1、经常的频度不同:
usually通常,通例地,指习惯性动作,频度较often大。
2、习惯侧重不同:
often侧重动作发生的次数具有经常性,具体时间意味不强。usually通常,通例地,指习惯性动作。
常见的频度副词的区别:
always、usually、often、sometimes、seldom和never都是用来表示时间的频度副词,但它们所表示的动作频率不同。
通常说来,always表示100%,usually表示80%,often表示60%,sometimes表示40%,seldom表示20%,never表示0%。
1、always是频度最高的词,表示动作的重复,状态的继续,中间没有间断。 意为“总是、一直”,其反义词是never。
当它与现在进行时连用时,常译作“老是”,“总是”,带有赞扬、厌烦、不满等感情色彩。
如:
The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west.
太阳一直东升西落。
She is always coming late.
她老是迟到。
2、usually意为“通常”,表示通常如此,很少例外,频度仅次于always,反义词为unusually。
如:
What do you usually do on Sundays?
你星期天通常干什么?
I usually got up at six in the morning last term.
上学期我通常在早上六点钟起床。
3、often意为“经常、常常”,不如usually那么频繁,表示动作重复,中间有间断,反义词为seldom。
如:
They often go for a walk after supper.
晚饭后他们经常去散步。
My parents often take me to the zoo on weekends.
我父母常常在周末带我去动物园。
4、sometimes意为“有时、不时”,表示动作偶尔发生,中间常有间断,频率比often低。
如:
Sometimes they play football on Saturday afternoon.
=They sometimes play football on Saturday afternoon.
=They play football on Saturday afternoon sometimes.
他们有时在星期六下午踢足球。
5、seldom意为“很少;不常”,频度较低。
如:
We seldom go to school bus,We usually go there by bike.
我们很少乘车去上学,我们通常是骑车去。
He seldom has lunch at home.
他很少在家吃午饭。
6、never意为“从来不、未曾”,频度为零。
如:
The twins have never been to the Great Wall.
这对双胞胎从没有去过长城。