| 单词 | often as not |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) often as not c. In colloquial phrases, as often and often: very often, repeatedly (now rare); (as) often as not, more often (or oftener) than not: usually, frequently. every so often: see every adj. and pron. Phrases 3d; once too often: see once adv., conj., adj., and n. Phrases 7. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [adverb] unseldea950 oftOE thickOE ylomeOE oftsithec1175 oftsithesc1175 lomec1200 oftlya1225 oft-stounds1303 continuallyc1305 oftena1325 rifely1357 oft-timesc1384 oft-timec1387 oftentimesa1393 oftentimec1395 fele-sitha1400 lightlya1400 oftentide?a1400 rifea1400 seresitha1400 many a foldc1400 often sithec1405 hauntinglyc1440 by many a foldc1450 fele-syss1489 frequently1531 feltymesc1540 oftens1567 oftenly1574 frequent1614 repeatedlya1647 (as) often as not1723 more often (or oftener) than not1723 not uncommonly1747 not infrequently1779 (at) every whip-stitch1824 oftenwhilesa1850 at short intervals1859 1723 R. Steele Conscious Lovers iv. iii. 68 I have seen him often and often at Church in the Country. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 7 Men of the first consequence..made it their choice, often and often,..to sleep in the chicken-house. 1840 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop I. vii. 118 They deceive you just as often as not. 1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings I. ii. 37 The smouldering ruins of log-houses, oftener than not, cover the remains of their tenants. 1874 A. Trollope Lady Anna I. xiii. 160 The girl, who had never been waited on in her life, and who had more often than not made her mother's bed and her own till they had come up to London. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. xii. 86 If wiving went badly with a man,—and it did oftener than not,—then he must do the best he could to keep up appearances. 1919 E. O'Neill In Zone in Moon of Caribbees (1923) 16 All them German spies they been catchin' in England has been livin' there for ten, often as not twenty years. 1942 S. O'Casey Pictures in Hallway 116 He often an' often made up his mind to tell Mr. Anthony all 'bout it. 1962 M. Drabble Summer Bird-cage xi. 185 I..use a small red plastic colander, and everything eels into the sink as often as not. 1995 Accountancy Nov. 50/1 Like sportsmen and women after their career is over, they, more often than not, find themselves at a loose end. < as lemmas |
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