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煩、不滿等感情色彩。 eg ▲ The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. 太陽一直東升西落。 ▲ She is always ing late. 她老是遲到。 2. usually意為“通?!保硎就ǔH绱?,很少例外,頻度僅次于always,反義詞為unusually。 eg ▲ 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. 上學(xué)期我通常在早上六點(diǎn)鐘起床。 3. often意為“經(jīng)常、常?!?,不如usually那么頻繁,表示動(dòng)作重復(fù),中間有間斷, 反義詞為seldom。 eg ▲ They often go for a walk after supper. 晚飯后他們經(jīng)常去散步。 ▲ My parents often take me to the zoo on weekends. 我父母常常在周末帶我去動(dòng)物園。 4. sometimes意為“有時(shí)、不時(shí)”,表示動(dòng)作偶爾發(fā)生,中間常有間斷,頻率比often低。 eg ▲ Sometimes they play football on Saturday afternoon. =They sometimes play football on Saturday afternoon. =They play football on Saturday afternoon sometimes. 他們有時(shí)在星期六下午踢足球。 5. seldom意為“很少;不常”,頻度較低。 eg ▲ We seldom go to school bus. We usually go there by bike. 我們很少乘車去上學(xué),我們通常是騎車去。 ▲ He seldom has lunch at home. 他很少在家吃午飯。 6. never意為“從來不、未曾”,頻度為零。 eg ▲ We can say Mr. John Brown or Mr. Brown, but we can never say Mr. John.我們可以說Mr. John Brown或Mr. Brown,但從來不能說Mr. John。 ▲ The twins have never been to the Great Wall. 這對(duì)雙胞胎從沒有去過長(zhǎng)城。 注意 一般情況下,這五個(gè)詞都位于行為動(dòng)詞之前,be動(dòng)詞、助動(dòng)詞或情態(tài)動(dòng)詞之后。 sometimes的位置較靈活,可以放在句中,也可以放在句首或句末。