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

• This word is seldom used on ordinary occasions.
  这个词儿平常很少用。
• 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。
• He seldom goes to the cinema.
  他不大看电影。
• The station is seldom manned in the evening.
  这个站晚上很少有人值班。
• 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。
• She seldom showed her feelings.
  她很少表露自己的情绪。
• Such cases are seldom brought before court.
  此类案件很少提交法院处理。
• I seldom see such a guy.
  这种人真是少有。
• 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。
• He likes to joke a lot, and seldom says anything serious.
  他那个人就是玩笑话多，正话少。