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例句
David was a young man who worked in an office in a big city. His hobby was fishing, but he did not often get a chance to practice it.
戴维是一位在某大城市机关里工作的年轻人，他的爱好是钓鱼，可是他却并非常常有机会一显身手。
In such a case, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.
到这种时候，这女人基本上也没多少美可想了。
To do this, she had to work hard, and so she was not often at home with him.
为啦马丁地膏火，他妈妈不得不尽力工作，所以就经常不在家。
Small pupil size has been used to predict mortality in adults with diabetes but has not often been used in adolescents.
小瞳孔大小已经用来预测成年人糖尿病患者的发病率，但在青少年糖尿病患者中不常用。
Ships did not often come down this coast, and I said to myself, 'I'm going to be on this island for a long time.
船只不太经常沿着这个海岸航行，我对自己说，“我会在这个岛上呆很长时间。”
He stands by the accuracy of his work and does not often use the easy excuse of "it's just a movie. "
他坚持其作品遵循的精确性，而很少轻松地以“那不过是一部电影”来作借口搪塞。
I do not like to boast of my own child, but to be sure, Jane -- one does not often see any body better looking.
我并不喜欢夸张自己的孩子，可是说老实话。
If the dance establishment did not often acknowledge his influence it was because there was no need.
如果那些舞蹈界的权威机构没有时常承认他的影响的话，那是没有这个必要。
To-day he is lively and in good spirits . But that's the effect of your being with him; he is not often like this.
今天他的精神振奋，心情也很愉快，这是您的到来对他产生的影响，他很少是这个样子。
A long time ago, there was an old tiger. He did not often go to look for food himself.
很久以前，有一只年迈的老虎。他经常不出去找食物。
One can understand how such a tutor can get pupils, for these poor creatures do not often get the chance of making a choice.
我们可以理解这种家庭老师会怎样地去招揽学生，因为这些可怜的小东西不大会有自己选择的机会。
She has not often a gratification of the kind, and I am sure, ma'am, you would be glad to give her the pleasure now?
她并不常有这样的快乐，我相信，妈妈，你一定会乐意让她享受这次的乐趣吧？
The possibility of a coincidental appearance of hyperparathyroidism and thyroid cancer is not often considered because of its low incidence.
因发生率低，我们时常忽略同时合并副甲状腺机能亢进和甲状腺癌之可能性。
Have we not often been inclined to think of this full life of faith as something beyond our reach?
我们是否常常以为这样丰盛的生活，是不容易达到的？
Merrick read about women in his books, but he did not often talk to women.
麦里克在书中读到过有关妇女的事，可他不常与妇女们说话。
Chinese ministers do not often publish their ideas like this.
中国的部长们并不是都如周生贤这样常常发表自己的意见和看法。
Do not often steal the original work byMaterial phenomenon began to appear.
原来并不常见的偷工减料现象开始出现。
Since the two do not often go together, his toughness can often surprise people.
由于这两种性格通常不会同时显现，所以他的强硬常常令人吃惊。
It is not often that City Hall reporters dare to ask visiting dignitaries about their sex lives.
市政厅记者胆敢询问前来访问的达官显贵们的性生活问题，这种情形是不多见的。
From his personality radiates a warmth which is not often known among the closest of friends.
他的个性中流露出一种温情，而这种温情即便是他最亲近的朋友都没法感受。
Such incidents do not often occur in her novels; their tone is reserved.
这样的场面在她的小说里并不常见；她的笔调是严谨的。
Such incidents do not often occur in her novels; their tone is reserved.
这样的场面在她的小说里并不常见；她的笔调是严谨的。
However, the rationale for choosing a specific device and technology for use in a particular product is not often easy to quantify.
然而，理由选择某种特定装置与工艺技术用于特殊产品并不经常容易量化。
The invasion of mankind into places where fires could thrive but do not, often leads to a dramatic increase.
无论是在火灾兴旺的地方或是不是，人类的侵入经常会导致戏剧性增加。
Local newspapers do not often comment on problems of national importance and editors rarely hold with taking sides on political questions.
在有关全国的重大问题上，地方报纸不经常发表评论，编辑们很少在政治问题上表明站在那一边。
His mind was so active that he did not often finish his many projects.
他的心是如此活跃，他经常没有完成他的许多项目。
Unfortunately, these types of scenarios are not often defined well enough to offer you a complete list of potential trouble spots.
遗憾的是，这些类型的场景通常没有得到足够好的定义以提供潜在薄弱环节的完整列表。
It was not often that a giant shark was caught in these parts and soon, more people came as word went up and down the beach.
这种大鲨在这附近很少捕到，大家奔走相告，来沙滩看热闹的人也越来越多。
Programmatic proxy creation is useful when writing infrastructure code and tests, but is not often used in regular business applications.
编程式的代理创建在编写基础结构代码和测试时比较有用，但在通常的业务应用中并不经常使用。
SWOT is an often discussed but not often implemented business tool, at least in small businesses.
SWOT分析是一个经常讨论的，但往往不易执行的商业工具，至少在小型企业是这样。
But do not often eat too much or too little arbitrarily. Your stomach will kick against your non-humane torture some day.
但是别经常随性地暴饮暴食或不吃不喝。你的胃迟早有一天会抗议你如此不人道的折磨的。
Resolutions are usually about improving yourself as an individual. They're not often geared towards improving your relationship.
下决心通常是人们用来勉励自己的，一般不用于改善个人的情感关系。
Look in the classifiedadvertisements in The Wall Street Journal: It is not often that you see a blastfurnace for sale.
让我们看看华尔街日报的分类广告：你不会经常看到很多待售的火炉。
Look round you and take notice; men who do that do not often fail.
看看你的周围，注意身边的人，那样做的人往往不会失败。
"It's not often you get to show someone something completely new about a planet as well-known as Saturn, " Hurt says.
“像土星这样的知名行星，要想呈现点完全不一样的新东西可不太容易，”赫特说。
It's not often you hear the kind of jokes that give you a real belly laugh.
真正能让你捧腹大笑的笑话不多。
But Dr. Brown says fingertips are not often reattached if they are the length of a fingernail or shorter.
但布朗医生称，如果断掉的指头只有指甲那么长或更短，可能无法重接。
In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of .
这样看来，一个女人家并没有多少时候好想到自己的美貌喽。
If a boy likes you, he's QQ, QQ will from time to time to update your information, even though you do not often change the name of . . .
如果一个男孩子喜欢你，他在上QQ时，会时不时更新你QQ的资料，尽管你并没有时常改名字…
2Remember to pull out the plugs of your household appliances when you do not often use them.
当您经常不使用他们时，记住拔出插座您的家用电器。
Maybe so. But you do not often hear people advocating similar inquisitiveness about the fundamentalist Christian mind.
也许是，但你不常听人们对基督教基本教义派有类似的好奇。
