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

• 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。
• Barking dogs seldom bite.
  爱叫的狗不咬人。
• People who seek after petty gains seldom think far.
  贪小的人很难有长远的眼光。
• 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。
• 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。
• He seldom makes a mistake in the accounts.
  他管账很少出错。
• The station is seldom manned in the evening.
  这个站晚上很少有人值班。
• She lives very far away, and what with transport problems, she seldom comes.
  她住处离这里远，加上交通不便，所以很少来。
• She seldom shows her emotions.
  她不大流露感情。