seldom
['seldəm]
adv.很少, 难得
adj. 很少的
例句与用法:
Barking dogs seldom bite.
[谚]吠犬不咬人。
The idea that the world is eternal is now seldom advanced.
地球是永恒的这种看法现在很少提出了。
The apple tree is seldom fruitful.
这棵苹果树很少结果。
He seldom eats breakfast.
他很少吃早餐。
词形变化:
名词: seldomness |
ad.
不常, 很少; 难得
She seldom showed her feelings.
她很少表露感情。
a.
不常有的, 很少的, 难得的
seldom
词形变化:
名词: seldomness |
同义词:
rarely | infrequently | hardly | occasional | hardly ever | occasionally | once in a while | often | not |
反义词:
often |
词义辨析:
同义:
ad.不常, 很少; 难得
rarely
infrequently
hardly
not often
同义参见:
occasional
反义:
ad.不常, 很少; 难得
often
反义参见:
always
seldom['seldəm]adv.1.■很少,难得,极少adj.1.■稀少的,罕见的not seldom常常,往往seldom or never极难得,简直不,几乎不:He seldom or never drinks.他简直可以说滴酒不沾。
seldomseldom[ˈseldəm]adv.1.■不常; 很少; 难得...He is seldom ill.他很少生病。It is seldom that a man lives to be a hundred years old.人生百岁古来稀。
词性变化seldom[ˈseldəm]adj.1.■不常的; 稀少的seldom pleasure罕有的愉快
继承用法seldomnessn.
adverb
- not often; rarely
不经常;很少
Islay is seldom visited by tourists.
伊斯雷岛不常有游客到来。
he was seldom absent.
他很少缺席。
[in combination]an old seldom-used church.
一座很少使用的古老教堂。
- [attrib.](dated)not common; infrequent
(旧)不常见的;不经常的
a great but seldom pleasure.
极大的但不常有的快乐。
- Old English seldan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zelden and German selten, from a base meaning 'strange, wonderful'
seldom
■Barking dogs seldom bite.
[谚]吠犬不咬人。
■I hate haircuts. I seldom get a haircut.
“我讨厌理发。我很少理发。
■The person who is usually punctual is seldom late.
一个通常准时的人很少迟到。
■He seldom stirs abroad after work.
下班后,他难得出门。
■He seldom stirs abroad after work .
下班后,他难得出门。
■Is a hen who seldom lay eggs a good layer?
不常下蛋的鸡是好蛋鸡吗?
■Unequal marriages are seldom happy.
不平等的婚姻不会幸福。
■He who despises small thing seldom grows rich.
不惜微物,鲜能致富。
■Dennis: Oh, I seldom eat lychee and longan.
丹尼斯:喔,我很少吃荔枝和龙眼。
■Friend is lost by calling often and calling seldom.
久疏、过密,失去友谊。
■"Mrs" in a written form,is seldom spelled out.
书局形式的“Mrs”这个称呼,不常完全拼写出来。
■Its very seldom that I reply anything ya?
事实上我很少作回应?
■The Hendersons seldom go to church, but they believe.
亨德森一家很少去教堂做礼拜,但他们笃信宗教。
■A person seldom falls sick, but the bystander is animated with a faint hope that he will die.
人难得生病,可是旁观者们却以为他势将必死,并因这一线希望而精神百倍起来。
■They seldom labour their wits on thankless task.
他们很少为吃力不讨好的工作动脑筋。
■They seldom remained in their offices.
他们很少待在办公室里。
■They seldom complained,officially at least.
他们很少抱怨,至少不在正式场合抱怨。
■They are old now and seldom get invited out.
他们现在老了,很少受邀外出。
■They seldom let their weapons out of their hands.
他们的武器很少离手。
■They can seldom let their hair down.
他们难得放松一下。
■They seldom pass one easy or quiet day together.
他们难得有一天相安无事或者过得风平浪静。
■They're seldom at leisure.
他们难得清闲。
■He seldom expected to receive any immediate profit.
他倒不一定是想从中捞到什么直接的好处。
■He is circumspect and farseeing and seldom fails.
他做事老谋深算,很少失误。
■He seldom, if ever, reads a book.
他几乎从来不看书。
■Seldom does he come late to the office.
他去办公室很少迟到。
■He seldom passed a beggar without offering alms.
他在一个要饭的面前,很少不布施一点钱。
■He seldom comes to school late but his sister does.
他很少上学迟到,但他妹妹却上学迟到。
■He seldom eats breakfast.
他很少吃早餐。
■He very seldom eats any breakfast.
他很少吃早饭。
■He hardly ever (ie very seldom) goes to bed before midnight.
他很少在午夜以前就寝。
■He seldom comes to see you, does he?
他很少来看你,是吗?
■Seldom does he return home late at night.
他很少深夜回家。
■He seldom has a good opinion of himself.
他很少自视清高。
■Seldom does he spend his time playing cards.
他很少花时间去玩扑克。
■He bogs down, sees his roommate seldom.
他忙得气都透不过来,也很少见到同室的那位室友。
■He is a busy man and seldom indulges in a holiday.
他是个大忙人,难得有机会好好地度假。
■He seldom asked himself whether he liked such and such a man: he esteemed a man according to whether he was useful to himself.
他极少问自己是否喜欢某某人,他只是按照某人是否对自己有用来估价他。
■He is seldom at home during the day.
他白天很少在家。
■His wife seldom spends money on clothes, does she?
他的妻子很少花钱买衣服,是吗?
■His wife seldom, if ever has a holiday.
他的妻子难得有一天休息。
■He is seldom out in his calculations.
他的计算难得出错。
■He seldom reads in his free hours.
他空余时间很少看书。
■He seldom or never reads a book.
他简直不看书。
■He seldom makes a mistake in the accounts.
他管账很少出错。
■He dresses decently, yet he seldom has a guinea at command.
他衣着体面,然而他很少有一块钱可供花用。
■His rich relatives seldom visit him .
他那些有钱的亲戚很少去拜访他。
■Such love as his is seldom experienced.
他那种爱情是少有的。
■He seldom goes to bed sober.
他难得没喝醉上床。
■Yes,but I seldom do because it's a lot of trouble.
会,不过我很少这样做,因为很麻烦。