(单词翻译:单击)
1. sometimes常可用于句末。如:
We all get into trouble sometimes. 我们有时都会遇到麻烦。
You can’t work all the time—it does you good to go out and enjoy yourself sometimes. 你不能总是工作,有时出去放松一下会对你有好处。
2. often有时可置于句末,但通常会带有very, quite, fairly, more, so等修饰语。如:
We’ve been there quite often. 我们经常去那里。
I wish he would write more often. 我多希望他肯常写信来。
When I was young, I used to play tennis very often. 我年轻时经常打网球。
Diana used to travel a lot. These days she doesn’t go away so often. 戴安娜过去经常旅游。最近她不常出门了。
We’re not exactly on intimate terms, but we see each other fairly often. 我们虽算不上关系密切,但还常见面。
注:有时也可不带修饰语,但主要见于否定句或疑问句。如:
He writes to me often. 他经常给我写信。
Do you come here often? 你常来这儿吗?
I don’t come here often. 我不常来这儿。
3. usually有时也用于句末,其前不用修饰语。如:
I’m not late, usually. 我通常不迟到。
I get paid on Fridays usually. 我通常在星期五领工资。
4. seldom 一般不用于句末,除非其前带有only, very等修饰。如:
We go out very seldom. 我们绝少外出。
I play basketball very seldom indeed. 我很少打篮球。
5. always一般不用于句末,偶尔用于句末,此时它不表法“总是”,而表示“永远”。如:
I’ll love you always. 我将永远爱你。
另外,有时用于句末是因为句子有所省略的缘故。如:
Generally they walked together on Sunday, but not always. 他们一般在星期日一起散步,但并不总是如此。
句中的but not always=but they didn’t always walk together on Sunday。