Old English oft "often, frequently," from Proto-Germanic *ufta- "frequently" (cognates: Old Frisian ofta, Danish ofte, Old High German ofto, German oft, Old Norse opt, Gothic ufta "often"), of unknown origin. Archaic except in compounds (such as oft-told), and replaced by its derivative often.
雙語例句
1. The Foreign Secretary's views on the treaty are well-documented and oft-repeated.
外交大臣就該條約發(fā)表的觀點有大量記述并被屢屢提及。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Morrisons was trying to delay the OFT investigation.
莫里森斯竭力推遲OFT的調(diào)查.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. It turns out to be a far more irritating poem than its oft-quoted lines suggest.
結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)這首詩比起它常被引用的那幾句來更加惱人。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The oft - drawn contrast extroversion and introversion is entirely superficial.
在外向和內(nèi)向之間通常所作的對比完全是表面的.
來自辭典例句
5. Wir sassen auch oft und sprachen, vernuenftig wie alte Leut.