rarely

英 [ˈreəli]

美 [ˈrerli]

adv.  罕有; 很少; 不常

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2122 / COCA.2271

牛津词典

adv.

• 罕有；很少；不常
  not very often
  1. She is rarely seen in public nowadays.
     如今她很少公开露面。
  2. We rarely agree on what to do.
     我们很少在要做的事情上看法一致。
  3. a rarely-performed play
     一部很少上演的戏剧
  4. Rarely has a debate attracted so much media attention.
     难得有一场辩论吸引这么多的媒体关注。

柯林斯词典

• ADV-BRD-NEG 难得地；少见地
  If somethingrarelyhappens, it does not happen very often.
  1. They battled against other Indian tribes, but rarely fought with the whites...
     他们同其他印第安部落作战，但很少与白人并肩对敌。
  2. I very rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car...
     我难得穿一次雨衣，因为大部分时间我都是呆在车里。
  3. Money was plentiful, and rarely did anyone seem very bothered about levels of expenditure...
     有足够的钱，似乎很难见到有人为花费而烦心。
  4. They were rarely seen together and certainly did not travel together...
     很少见到他们在一起，当然更不可能一起旅行。
  5. Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress...
     青少年自杀很少是由于突然发生不幸而作出的冲动反应。
  6. Rarely does a grand jury publicly disagree with a prosecutor.
     大陪审团公开反对公诉人意见的情况很少见。

英英释义

adv

• not often
  1. we rarely met
  Synonym:seldom

双语例句

• His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children
  他母亲很少指责他或她的任何孩子。
• This type of bee rarely stings.
  这种蜜蜂很少蜇人。
• Journalists are rarely admitted to the region.
  新闻记者很少获准进入该地区。
• My husband rarely comes to bed before 2 or 3am.
  我丈夫很少在凌晨两三点之前睡觉。
• Cancellations and late departures rarely rile him.
  他很少因为约定取消或出发太晚而恼火。
• His face and movements rarely betrayed a sign of nerves
  他的表情和行为几乎没有流露出紧张的迹象。
• The most important parts, the flowers, rarely fossilise
  最重要的部分，即花朵，很少成为化石。
• The bars rarely hot up before 1am
  酒吧在午夜一点前通常都很冷清。
• Dark-skinned people rarely develop skin cancer
  黑皮肤的人很少得皮肤癌。
• He brought up a subject rarely raised during the course of this campaign
  他提出了一个在这次运动中很少被提及的话题。