frequent

英 ['friːkwənt] 美 ['friːkwənt]

• adj. 频繁的；经常的
• vt. 常到；常去

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 时常发生的,常见的

   happening often; habitual

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 频繁的，屡次的，时常发生的，常常的
2. 常见的，惯常的；习以为常的，经常的
3. 急促的，快的
4. 稍多的
5. 快速的
6. 拥挤的，满座的；塞满的
7. 熟悉的，亲密的

adv. 副词

1. 经常地，频繁地

v. 动词

1. 常到，常去，时常出入于
2. 与...时常交际，常与…交往
3. 时常来访
4. 常常聚集
5. 光顾

英英释义

Adjective:

1. coming at short intervals or habitually;

   "a frequent guest"
   "frequent complaints"
   

2. frequently encountered;

   "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'"
   

Verb:

1. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

2. be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place;

   "She haunts the ballet"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. My girlfriend writes frequent letters to me.
   我的女朋友频繁地给我写信。
2. Traffic accidents are alarmingly frequent of late.
   近来交通事故频繁得吓人。
3. He is a frequent visitor to our house.
   他是我们家的常客。
4. He suffers from frequent bouts of depression.
   他患多发性抑郁症。
5. His frequent hesitations annoyed the audience.
   他三番五次欲言又止，听众已感到厌烦。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He used to frequent the town's bars and night-clubs.
   他从前常去镇上的酒吧和夜总会。
2. The police visited all the bars that the suspect frequented.
   警察调查了嫌疑犯时常出没的所有酒吧。
3. These woods are frequented by all kinds of birds.
   这些树林里经常栖息着各种鸟类。
4. The best ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
   常来造访的朋友是房子最好的装饰。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. She is a frequent visitor to our house.
   她是我们家的常客。
2. Etta was a frequent visitor there.
   埃塔常去那儿。
3. He took his frequent seat at the dinning-table.
   他坐于餐桌旁他惯常坐的座位上。
4. It is not polite to interrupt a speaker with frequent questions.
   不断提问打断演讲者是不礼貌的。
5. It is intended as a handbook for frequent reference.
   这本书可以当作经常查阅的手册使用。
6. The attendant on the train fetched us tea at frequent intervals.
   列车上的服务员给我们频频倒水。
7. The purchase of a new car is a relatively frequent occurrence in the life of the average American.
   购买新汽车在普通美国人的生活中是较为常见的事。
8. The sick man spoke slowly, with a frequent pauses for breath.
   那个病人慢慢地讲着,不时停下来喘息。
9. Mary and I have frequent quarrels, but we soon blow over.
   我和玛丽常吵架,但吵了过后很快就算了。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. Traffic accidents are alarmingly frequent of late.
   近来交通事故频繁得吓人。
2. Meetings are annoyingly frequent these days.
   这些天来会议多得令人心烦。
3. It was risky to walk in the filthy streets alone , murder was frequent and familiar.
   单独行走在污秽的街上是件冒险的事,因为谋杀经常发生,人们甚至习以为常了。
4. His visits became less frequent as time passed.
   渐渐地,他不常登门了。
5. My trips to France are less frequent now.
   我现在不常去法国旅行了。
6. Storms are frequent in March.
   三月里常有暴风雨。
7. Typhoons are frequent here in summer.
   这里夏天常有台风。
8. Sudden rainstorms are frequent on this part of the coast.
   这段海岸地区经常遭到暴风雨的突然袭击。

经典引文

• Walls..flanked and crowned by frequent square towers.

  出自： M. B. Keatinge

• This University City, which is frequented..by thousands of students.

  出自： A. J. Toynbee

• Castle..entered a bookshop he had frequented for several years now.

  出自： G. Greene

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• frequent caller 常客
• frequent changes 经常变换
• frequent feature 常见的特征
• frequent visitor 常客

副词+～

• less frequent 不是很频繁
• very frequent 很频繁
• alarmingly frequent 惊人地频繁
• annoyingly frequent 多得令人心烦
• relatively frequent 较为频繁

～+介词

• frequent for 频繁地做…

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. frequent作“时常发生的,常见的”解时,指的是事物的重复出现,其中间可有中断或停止。在句中可用作定语或表语。
2. frequent的比较级和最高级形式分别是more frequent和most frequent。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

frequent, ceaseless

• 这两个词的共同意思是“连续的”“经常的”“频繁的”。其区别是：
• 1.frequent指事物的重复出现,中间可有中断或停止; ceaseless指事物的发展变化过程中没有中断和停止。例如:
• All things in the universe are in ceaseless development and change.宇宙间的事物都在不断地发展和变化。
• 2.frequent通常用于书面语和较正式的场合; ceaseless常用于口语中。

常见错误

adj. (形容词)

1. 在这个十字路口时常发生车祸。

   误 The motoring accidents are frequent to happen at this crossroad.

   正 The motoring accidents are frequent at this crossroad.

   析 frequent所表达的“频繁”这一概念,它本身已含有“发生”的意思,所以加用to happen这样一个不定式是多余的。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的frequentia，意为频率，周率。

近反义词

【近义词】

• common
• customary
• habitual

【反义词】

• infrequent
• uncommon