seldom
adverb /ˈseldəm/
/ˈseldəm/
- not often
不常；很少；难得 - 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。 - 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。 - They seldom watch television these days.
这些日子他们很少看电视。 - (literary) Seldom had he seen such beauty.
他以前很少见过这样的美景。
- She seldom smiled.
她难得一笑。 - Why is the symphony so seldom played?
为什么交响乐很少演奏？ - They work hard and seldom take holidays.
他们工作努力，很少休假。 - People are very seldom exactly what you would like them to be.
人们很少像你希望的那样。 - Seldom have I come across such vindictive reviews.
我很少遇到这样的报复性评论。 - It is seldom that a week passes by without my having several letters on the subject.
我很少一个星期没有收到几封关于这个问题的信。 - Revenge was seldom, if ever, the motive in these cases.
这些案件的动机很少是为了复仇的。
Collocations DictionarySeldom is used with these verbs:- exceed
- mention
- venture
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词源Old English seldan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zelden and German selten, from a base meaning ‘strange, wonderful’. - He had seldom seen a child with so much talent.