seldom
英['seldəm]
美['seldəm]
CET4 TEM4 考 研 CET6
adv. (副词)
- 很少
- 不常
- 难得
- 罕见
- 偶尔
adj. (形容词)
- 很少的
- 不常有的
- 难得的
- 稀少的
- 罕有的
adv. (副词)
- 很少,罕见,难得 not often; rarely
Adverb:
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not often;
"we rarely met"
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They seldom speak.
- 他们很少发言。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I've seldom felt so happy.
- 我很少感觉如此幸福。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. We were seldom at home.
- 我们常不在家。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. 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。
来自《权威词典》
用作副词 (adv.)
- He seldom eats breakfast.
他很少吃早餐。
- The apple tree is seldom fruitful.
这棵苹果树很少结果。
- I have seldom seen such brutality.
我很少见到这种暴行。
- We go out very seldom.
我们绝少外出。
- She seldom, if ever, goes to the cinema.
她难得看电影。
用作副词 (adv.)
用作状语
- He very seldom eats breakfast.
他很少吃早餐。
- Lazy people seldom succeed.
懒惰的人很少会成功。
- I seldom write a letter.
我很少写信。
- He is a gentle man and seldom gets angry.
他是个生性温顺的人,很少生气。
- She seldom showed her feeling.
她不常表露自己的情感。
- Such cases are seldom brought before court.
此类案件很少提交法院处理。
- She goes out very seldom.
她不常外出。
- Seldom have I met him recently.
最近我很少见到他。
- He was seldom late for school, was he?
他上学很少迟到,不是吗?
- You seldom go home, do you?
你很少回家,是吗?
- She seldom goes out, does she?
她很少出门,是吗?
用作表语
S+be+～
- When she lost her temper, which was seldom, she wouldn't touch any food for a long time.
她不常发脾气,但是一旦她发脾气就长时间不吃任何东西。
- Whenever he went to Beijing, and that was seldom, he would take a photo before the Tian An Men.
他不常去北京,但当他去北京时都要在天安门前拍张照片。
It is/was+～+that-clause
- It is seldom that we hear such a strange news as this.
我们难得听到像这样一个离奇的新闻。
- It is seldom that it rains at such a time in winter.
在冬天这个时候很少下雨。
- It was seldom that she missed the school bus.
她错过学校的班车的情况不多见。
adv. (副词)
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seldom是频度副词,意思是“很少,罕见,难得”。
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seldom具有否定意味,在句中一般位于系动词、情态动词、助动词之后、实义动词之前,用于句首表示强调时,要主谓部分倒装。
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seldom用于反意疑问句时,附加问句中不用否定词not。
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seldom在下列情况下也可用作表语:第一,用于以it作形式主语而以that从句作真实主语的结构中; 第二,用于修饰时间状语从句的定语从句中; 第三,用于修饰时间状语从句的插入语中。
adv. (副词)
- seldom if ever, seldom or never
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- 这两个短语意思相近,其区别只在于seldom or never语气更强烈。
用作副词 (adv.)
- seldom(,)if ever
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难得地,很少 rarely
- seldom or never
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极少; 极难得; 简直不 rarely; very difficultly
