rarely

英 [ˈreəli]

美 [ˈrerli]

adv.  罕有; 很少; 不常

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2122 / COCA.2271

牛津词典

adv.

• 罕有；很少；不常
  not very often
  1. She is rarely seen in public nowadays.
     如今她很少公开露面。
  2. We rarely agree on what to do.
     我们很少在要做的事情上看法一致。
  3. a rarely-performed play
     一部很少上演的戏剧
  4. Rarely has a debate attracted so much media attention.
     难得有一场辩论吸引这么多的媒体关注。

柯林斯词典

• ADV-BRD-NEG 难得地；少见地
  If somethingrarelyhappens, it does not happen very often.
  1. They battled against other Indian tribes, but rarely fought with the whites...
     他们同其他印第安部落作战，但很少与白人并肩对敌。
  2. I very rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car...
     我难得穿一次雨衣，因为大部分时间我都是呆在车里。
  3. Money was plentiful, and rarely did anyone seem very bothered about levels of expenditure...
     有足够的钱，似乎很难见到有人为花费而烦心。
  4. They were rarely seen together and certainly did not travel together...
     很少见到他们在一起，当然更不可能一起旅行。
  5. Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress...
     青少年自杀很少是由于突然发生不幸而作出的冲动反应。
  6. Rarely does a grand jury publicly disagree with a prosecutor.
     大陪审团公开反对公诉人意见的情况很少见。

英英释义

adv

• not often
  1. we rarely met
  Synonym:seldom

双语例句

• They battled against other Indian tribes, but rarely fought with the whites
  他们同其他印第安部落作战，但很少与白人并肩对敌。
• He brought up a subject rarely raised during the course of this campaign
  他提出了一个在这次运动中很少被提及的话题。
• His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children
  他母亲很少指责他或她的任何孩子。
• He is rarely satisfied with anything less than perfection itself.
  他一般只对那些绝对完美的事情感到满意。
• Money was plentiful, and rarely did anyone seem very bothered about levels of expenditure
  有足够的钱，似乎很难见到有人为花费而烦心。
• More rarely, the tubes have been malformed from birth.
  这些管状器官先天畸形的现象更加少见。
• Despite his hectic work schedule, Benny has rarely suffered poor health
  尽管工作繁忙，本尼却少有身体不好的时候。
• Rarely does a grand jury publicly disagree with a prosecutor.
  大陪审团公开反对公诉人意见的情况很少见。
• Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want
  鲜有学校老师可随心所欲地教书的情况。
• This type of bee rarely stings.
  这种蜜蜂很少蜇人。