seldom

英 [ˈseldəm]

美 [ˈseldəm]

adv.  不常; 很少; 难得

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Collins.2 / BNC.4326 / COCA.4878

牛津词典

adv.

• 不常；很少；难得
  not often
  1. He had seldom seen a child with so much talent.
     有如此天赋的孩子他以往没见过几个。
  2. She seldom, if ever, goes to the theatre.
     她难得上剧院看场戏——即便不能说从来不去。
  3. They seldom watch television these days.
     这些日子他们很少看电视。
  4. Seldom had he seen such beauty.
     他以前很少见过这样的美景。

柯林斯词典

• ADV-BRD-NEG 不常;很少;难得
  If somethingseldomhappens, it happens only occasionally.
  1. They seldom speak...
     他们很少发言。
  2. I've seldom felt so happy...
     我很少感觉如此幸福。
  3. We were seldom at home.
     我们常不在家。

英英释义

adv

• not often
  1. we rarely met
  Synonym:rarely

双语例句

• They seldom rock the boat or annoy the mayor or board of aldermen with unusual budget requests.
  他们很少捣乱或提出过分的预算要求来为难市长或市参议会。
• The two brothers live so far apart, they seldom get a chance to meet.
  他们哥儿俩天南地北，见一次面不容易。
• The room was very hot, for the stove had been alight all day and the windows were seldom opened.
  因为炉子整天烧着，而窗户又很少开的缘故，屋子里非常热。
• Good dreams seldom come true.
  好梦难圆。
• I am seldom at leisure.
  我很少有空闲。
• She seldom, if ever, goes to the opera.
  她很少去看歌剧。
• In the arcane world of scholarship and science, promotions are seldom speedy and almost always painfully slow.
  在知识科学的神秘世界里，很少有人得到迅速擢升，提拔的过程几乎总是缓慢得令人痛苦。
• We write regularly but seldom meet.
  我们经常通信，却很少见面。
• This word is seldom used on ordinary occasions.
  这个词儿平常很少用。
• Even Ford, who seldom smiled, laughed out loud a few times
  即使是很少笑的福特，有几次也笑出声来。