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经常
Often
So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.
我们常常试图改变环境来适应自己，而不是让它们改变我们，而这正是它们的本意。
It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.
雕刻家或画家经常谈论或写他的作品是错误的。这释放了他工作所需要的紧张情绪。
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
我们经历了人生的几个阶段，尽管年事已高，却常常发现自己毫无经验。
There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.
任何两个人之间的差别，都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。
I get to do the most amazing things. We call it Host in Peril quite often, because people love to see me risk my life or be in danger.
我可以做最神奇的事情。我们经常称它为“处于危险中的主人”，因为人们喜欢看到我冒着生命危险或处于危险之中。
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
表面上的慷慨往往不过是一种伪装的野心，它为了获得一份大的利益而忽视了一份小的利益。
They're not willing to admit that I've also shed blood and tears and often paid dearly for my success. This makes me feel extremely sad.
他们不愿意承认我也曾流过血和泪，并为我的成功付出了高昂的代价。这让我感到非常难过。
I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.
我经常被问到为什么我如此喜欢扮演男性角色。事实上，我更喜欢的不是男性的身体部位，而是男性的大脑。
I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find.
我有点像穴居人——我不经常去数字空间。我面朝下躺在草地上，数着我能找到多少只虫子。
Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
每隔一段时间，你身上就会发生一些事情，让你意识到人类并没有看上去那么糟糕。
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.
记者对世界的不幸幸灾乐祸。正因为如此，他们常常在令其他人类失望的事件中获得一种不体面的快乐。
The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.
科学技术的进步并不意味着大多数人生活中智力的复杂性在增加。它的意思往往相反。
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Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
图画破坏墙壁的次数比装饰墙壁的次数要多。
Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established.
后来，亲爱的姨妈常常问我，为什么我从来没有告诉过别人我是如何被对待的。孩子们所讲的不比动物多多少，因为他们所接受的是永恒不变的。
More often than not, what you open, unwrap and install on your hard drive is not what you were told you were getting.
通常情况下，你打开、打开并安装在硬盘上的东西并不是别人告诉你的。
Consequently, a young business often grows by large percentages. Mature businesses rarely do.
因此，一个年轻的企业往往以很大的比例增长。成熟的企业很少这样做。