seldom
seldom 英 [ˈseldəm] 美 [ˈsɛldəm]
adv. 很少，不常
seldom accident 少有的事故
I seldom lunch at home. 我很少在家吃午饭。
- If you seldom see your grandmother because she lives far away, you might be grateful for the opportunity to visit her over the summer. Use the adjective seldom to refer to things that don't happen very often.
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- adv. 很少，不常
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1. seldom accident
少有的事故
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2. I seldom lunch at home.
我很少在家吃午饭。
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3. They seldom watch television these days.
这些日子他们很少看电视。
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4. Seldom had he seen such beauty.
他以前很少见过这样的美景。
- seldom (adv.) late Old English seldum, alteration of seldan "seldom, rarely," from Proto-Germanic *selda- "strange, rare" (source also of Old Norse sjaldan, Old Frisian selden, Dutch zelden, Old High German seltan, German selten), perhaps ultimately from the base of self (q.v.).
sel·dom / ˈseldəm ; NAmE ˈseldəm / adverb not often 不常；很少；难得 SYN rarely ◆ 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。 ◆ 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。 sel·dom / ˈseldəm ; NAmE ˈseldəm /
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