時間上密集(形容詞)
直接就是核心:事情一次接一次地回來,中間空檔很短。
frequent, often · adjective · B1
Happening often or many times.
頻繁的
You can think of frequent as things packed close together with little gap between them. The Latin root frequens actually meant 'crowded, packed', so something frequent keeps coming round again and again, the moments crowding in on each other.
From Latin frequens 'crowded, packed, populous'. Both English senses grow from that crowding: events crowded together in time (happening often), and a place you keep filling with your presence (going there often).
源自拉丁文 frequens「擁擠、塞滿、人多」。兩個英文意思都從「擠」長出來:一種是事情在時間上擠在一起(常常發生),一種是你一次次把某個地方塞滿你的身影(常去那裡)。
etymonline.com/word/frequent; Wiktionary 'frequens'
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時間上密集(形容詞)
直接就是核心:事情一次接一次地回來,中間空檔很短。
frequent, often · adjective · B1
Happening often or many times.
頻繁的
常去某地(動詞)
同一個「擠、反覆出現」的畫面換到空間上:你一再出現在某個地方,等於用自己的身影把那裡填滿。
frequent, visit often · verb · B1
To go to a particular place often.
常去
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
frequentadj詞源 1/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/
Done or occurring often; common.
Occurring at short intervals.
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
obsoleteFull; crowded; thronged.
obsoleteOften or commonly reported.
frequentverb詞源 2/fɹɪˈkwɛnt/
To visit often.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。