| 单词 | rare/rarely |
| 释义 | rare/rarely1 not common and existing only in small numbers2 not happening often3 rarely/not oftenrelated wordsoppositecommon,often,see alsofew/not many,1. not common and existing only in small numbers 不普遍的，只有少数存在的 rare /reəʳ/ [adjective] an animal, plant, object etc that is rare does not exist in large numbers or in large amounts ［动物、植物、物品等］珍稀的，罕见的，稀有的，稀少的 a new law to prevent the export of rare birds is to be introduced. 一项禁止出口珍稀禽鸟的新法规即将实施。 they're pretty rare. only about a hundred were made. 这些东西很稀少，只制作了大约一百个。 the palace library contains some of the rarest books in europe. 皇宫图书馆里藏有一些欧洲最珍稀的书籍。 in cholon's narrow streets, europeans were far rarer than on the boulevards of saigon. 比起西贡的大道，堤岸的狭窄街道上欧洲人少得多了。 scarce /skeəʳs/ [adjective] something that is scarce, especially something that people need such as food, clothing, or water, is not available in large enough numbers or amounts at the moment 不足的，短缺的［尤指人们所需之物，如食品、衣物或水等］ after the war, food and clothing were scarce. 战后，食品和衣物紧缺。 with the increase in trade, good timber for shipbuilding was becoming scarcer. 随着贸易的增长，造船的优质木材已越来越短缺。scarce resources government departments often found themselves competing for scarce resources. 政府各部门经常会发现他们之间在为紧缺的资源而相互竞争。 not common /nɒt ˈkɒmənǁ-ˈkɑː-/ [adjective] fairly rare, especially in one particular area or group 少见的；不常有的［尤指在某一地区或某一群人中］ silver coins of this period are not common, and could be very valuable. 这一时期的银币不常见，可能很值钱。 although tigers still exist, they're not very common. 尽管仍有老虎，但已很少见。 be thin on the ground /biː ˌθɪn ɒn ðə ˈgraʊnd/ [verb phrase] british if you say that people or things of a particular type are thin on the ground, you mean that there are very few available and they are hard to find when you need them 【英】［某类型的人或物］为数不多；少有 our only problem is finding staff, because good programmers are really thin on the ground. 我们唯一的问题是招聘员工，因为出色的程序员真的很少。 magazines about home improvement were very thin on the ground at the time - not like now. 和现在不同，那时候以美化家居为内容的杂志为数不多。 be few and far between /biː ˌfjuː ən ˌfɑːʳ bɪˈtwiːn/ [verb phrase] to not be as common as you expect or as you would like 寥寥无几；罕见 the schools are crowded, and good teachers are few and far between. 学校里学生众多，优秀的教师却寥寥无几。 toys were few and far between, but the children invented games and played together. 玩具很少，但孩子们自己想出游戏来一起玩。 be/become a rarity /biː, bɪˌkʌm ə ˈreərə̇ti/ [noun phrase] if something or someone is a rarity, it is surprising to find one, because very few exist 是罕见之物/变得罕见 the traditional costume is becoming a rarity, even in remote villages. 传统服装变得罕见了，甚至在偏远的乡村也不多了。be something of a rarity be fairly rare 十分罕见 women are still something of a rarity in senior management positions. 担任高级管理职位的女性仍不多见。 there aren't many around /ðeər ˌɑːnt meni əˈraʊndǁ-ˌɑːrənt-/ [verb phrase] informal use this to say that something is rare, especially something that has been made such as a machine, car, or piece of furniture 【非正式】不多见［尤指机器、汽车、家具等制造出来的东西］ he drives an original volkswagen, and there aren't many of those around these days. 他开一辆最早期生产的大众汽车，这种汽车现在已不多见了。2. not happening often 不常发生的 rare /reəʳ/ [adjective] something that is rare does not happen often 少见的，不常发生的 snow is a rare sight here, except on the mountains. 除了在山上，这里很难得看到雪。 on the rare occasions when we had to work hard, we enjoyed it. 我们需要苦干的时候不多，但我们倒是很乐意的。 in a rare moment of vanity, carl removed his glasses. 在一次难得的情况下，卡尔为图虚荣把眼镜摘了下来。it is rare for somebody/something to do something it is very rare for anyone to actually die from bee stings in this country. 在这个国家很少有人真的死于蜂蜇。 uncommon/not common /ʌnˈkɒmən, ˌnɒt ˈkɒmənǁ-ˈkɑːmən/ [adjective] fairly rare 不常见的 crimes against elderly people are still uncommon. 针对老人的犯罪行为仍不常见。 her time in hospital had given her an empathy with her patients not common among physicians. 她在医院工作的那些时光使她对病人产生了同情心，这在内科医生中并不多见。it is uncommon to do something when i was young it was uncommon to see a man pushing a baby buggy. 我年轻的时候，很少见到有男人推着婴儿车。 you don't often do something /juː ˌdəʊnt ɒfən ˈduː something ǁ-ɔːfən-/ spoken if you say you don't often see something, find something etc, you mean this happens only very rarely 【口】你不常做某事 you don't often find really good tropical fruit in this country. 在这个国家，你不大会找到真正上品的热带水果。 we had over 200 replies. you don't often get such a good response from an advert. 我们收到了超过200封回复。一个广告能得到这么好的反应是不常有的。 infrequent /ɪnˈfriːkwənt/ [adjective] formal not happening often 【正式】不常发生的 as time went on, her visits became more and more infrequent. 时间久了，她探访得越来越少了。 cases of typhoid are relatively infrequent in northern europe. 在北欧，伤寒病例相对罕见。 roger's infrequent letters home did not reveal much about his personal life. 罗杰偶尔寄回家的信并未透露多少自己的生活情况。3. rarely/not often 很少发生/不常发生 rarely/seldom /ˈreəʳli, ˈseldəm/ [adverb] not at all often. seldom is more formal than rarely and is used especially in written english 很少，难得［seldom 比rarely更正式，尤用于书面语中］ the queen rarely speaks to journalists. 女王很少与新闻记者说话。 discipline is rarely a problem in this school. 在这所学校，纪律几乎不是个问题。 they're a very nice young couple, although i very seldom see them. 他们是一对很友善的小夫妻，虽然我很少见到他们。rarely does/has somebody very rarely do we have a complaint from any of our customers. 我们很少收到客户的投诉。 seldom have i seen such a miraculous recovery in one of my patients. 在我的病人当中，我很少见到有一位有这种奇迹般康复的情况。rarely/seldom, if ever anti-government demonstrations do occur, but they are seldom, if ever, reported in the press. 反政府示威游行确实会发生，但新闻界难得报道。 not often /nɒt ˈɒfənǁ-ˈɔːfən/ [adverb] i don't often see my grandchildren. 我不常见到孙辈们。 sometimes, but not very often, pippa persuaded her father to lend her his car. 有时皮帕也能说服父亲把车子借给她用，但这种情况不多。 tina didn't get to work until ten o'clock this morning, which is unusual because she's not often late. 蒂娜今天早上10点才来上班，这很不寻常，因为她不大会迟到。it's not often (that) of course i'm going to take the job, it's not often that you get a chance like this. 当然我要接受这份工作，这样的机会不是常有的。 hardly/scarcely ever /ˌhɑːʳdli, ˌskeəʳsli ˈevəʳ/ [adverb] almost never 几乎从不 my grandmother hardly ever goes out of the house. 我祖母几乎从不出家门。 she's hardly ever ill. 她几乎从不生病。 we scarcely ever walk through the town without meeting someone we know. 我们在镇上走很少不碰到熟人。 there used to be a lot of disputes over land boundaries but nowadays such problems scarcely ever arise. 以前地界纠纷频繁，但这种问题现在几乎没再发生。 once in a blue moon /ˌwʌns ɪn ə ˌbluː ˈmuːn/ [adverb] informal extremely rarely 【非正式】难得有一次，极为罕见 i used to spend a lot of time in london, but now i only go there once in a blue moon. 我以前经常到伦敦，但现在只是难得去一次了。 once in a blue moon eric will offer to help with the dishes, but usually he doesn't do any housework at all. 埃里克难得会帮忙洗碗，但他一般不做任何家务。 |
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