たびたび

たびたび 【度々 】often ; frequently ; 【何回も 】many [｟話 ｠ lots of ] times ; 〖くり返して 〗repeatedly ; 【何度も何度も 】again and again .解説 often は異なる場面で, frequently は同じ場面での出来事に用いる: 彼はきのう授業中たびたび居眠りをした He frequently [lots of times ,╳often ] dozed off yesterday when he was in class .この2語は主に文中で用いられ, その位置は always に準じるが, 否定語の前に置くことも可能. また文頭, 文尾にも自由に用いるが, often は平叙文の文尾では修飾語を伴うのが普通. （⇨［第2文例 ］）.frequently は often より堅い語 .▸ 最近彼をたびたび見かけました I have often seen him recently .｟話 ｠I have seen a lot of him recently .▸ 彼はたびたびその丘に登った Often he climbed the hill .He often climbed the hill . (!文尾では He climbed the hill very often . が普通 ) ▸ もっとたびたびそこへ行きたい I'd like to go there more often . (!oftener より今は普通 ) ▸ 私は授業であてられると何と言ってよいか思いつかないことがたびたびあった I often didn't think of what to say when I was called on in class . (!I did n't often think …. は 「…思いつくことはめったになかった 」の意 ) ▸ 私はもう一度やらせてほしいと父にたびたび頼んだ I asked [begged ] my father repeatedly [again and again ] to let me try once more .