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I tell you to "put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket." Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often fail.

我告诉你们，“要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子，然后照管好那只篮子。”注意走位并留点神，能这样做的人往往不会失败。

Secondly, there is a big difference of environment between public centers and private centers but the latter are more similar, moreover the environment does not express regional design, playthings does not adapt well to infants and are not often used.

第二，公立和私立机构的环境创设差异较大，私立机构之间更为相似，但存在环境无区域化设计，玩具封闭利用率低，不适宜于婴幼儿等问题。

Books on political theory are not often page-turners; this one is.

政治学方面的书籍鲜有畅销者；然而这本书无疑会是一本畅销书。

The word " intelligence " was not often used in connection with animals.

“ 智慧 ” 这个词儿不常用在动物身上.

It is not often that you get such an opportunity.

你得到这样的机会，可不是常有的事。

Although they frequently had narrow escapes, they did not often come to grief.

他们虽然常常冒着几乎是不可逃避的危险, 但往往总能死里逃生.

It's not often you get approached by Star Wars, and I like collaborations that have a personal attachment. This one spoke to me because it was mega-fun to let go and become a child, and be obsessive about something."

制片方的青睐，实属难得；我喜欢能打上个人喜好烙印的合作模式。它一下子就让我心动，因为自己可以‘肆意妄为’，尽情重现童年时的欢愉，并且沉醉其中。”

I see him every now and then, but not often.

我偶尔看见他, 但不经常看见他.

Words of praise do not often fall from his lips.

他难得说句赞扬话。

He was not often sentimental.

他不太经常这么多情.

Babbitt did not often squabble with his employees.

巴比特不常和雇员争吵.

It was not often necessary for her to retract a statement.

她一言既出,通常不至于撤回.

It is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect.

年纪这样轻、智力又如此高的人可不多.

One's not often got two bites at a cherry in the world of business.

在商界,机会一去难再来.

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。

As often as not, he's late for work.

他上班往往迟到。

Soap does not often occur as a colloidal suspension except in laundry waste.

除了洗衣房废水外，肥皂常常不以胶态悬浮体形式存在。

Bowler hats are not often worn nowadays.

现在戴常礼帽的已不多见了.

I tell you to put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket. Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often fail.

我要对你说：把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好那个篮子。看看你周围，你会注意到：这么做的人其实很少失败。

That seems to me a quite literal embodiment of "self-regarding"--a term not often used as a compliment.

在我看来，这就是利己主义的具象，利己主义这个词一般不会用来表达赞美。

I see her most weekends but not very often in between.

我周末大多都能见到她，但平时不常见到。

His speeches are not often illuminated by adequate learning.

他的发言中并未经常反映出足够的学识.

an occasional smoker (= a person who smokes, but not often)

偶尔吸烟的人

Beautiful young heiresses , with names like Alinda De Barberie, are not often found on ships.

船上难得见到如阿玲达·德·巴伯利那样年轻美丽的女继承人.

Sometimes, but not often, something worthwhile has been produced unexpectedly by sheer good luck.

但有时候, 并非经常, 一些有价值的成就的取得纯属偶然.

In conversational English " is not " often contracts to " isn't ".

口头英语中is not 常缩写为 isn ‘ t.

He do not often go to look for food himself.

他经常不自己去寻找食物.

That's not often the case when it comes to a new business proposal or fundraising round.

但在一份新的商业提案或融资过程中通常不是这种情况。

She has patches of genius, but not often whole poems.

她有片断的天才, 却往往写不出整首的佳作来.

I felt guilty about not visiting my parents more often.

我因没有常去看望父母而感到内疚。