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.
双语例句
1. The Foreign Secretary's views on the treaty are well-documented and oft-repeated.
外交大臣就该条约发表的观点有大量记述并被屡屡提及。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Morrisons was trying to delay the OFT investigation.
莫里森斯竭力推迟OFT的调查.
来自互联网
3. It turns out to be a far more irritating poem than its oft-quoted lines suggest.
结果发现这首诗比起它常被引用的那几句来更加恼人。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The oft - drawn contrast extroversion and introversion is entirely superficial.
在外向和内向之间通常所作的对比完全是表面的.
来自辞典例句
5. Wir sassen auch oft und sprachen, vernuenftig wie alte Leut.
