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infrequently

/in-free-kwuhnt/US // ɪnˈfri kwənt //UK // (ɪnˈfriːkwənt) //

罕见地,很少,不常有,不常

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
    • : not constant, habitual, or regular: an infrequent visitor.
    • : not plentiful or many: infrequent opportunities for advancement.
    • : far apart in space.

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Examples

  • The opportunities have been infrequent, but there are parallels between the team that last won a postseason game and the team that could win one Saturday.

  • Extreme travelers have a lot to teach infrequent vacationers.

  • Within the first five months, nearly 70% of those on month-to-month memberships cancel, but as many infrequent gym members learn, it’s not so easy to cancel your membership once you have signed up.

  • Forty-three percent of the infrequent and new voters are registered Democrats, compared to a quarter who are Republicans.

  • More than 1 out of 4 of all ballots — 27% — were cast either by new or infrequent voters, according to AP’s analysis.

  • I did 10 years without being scarred; I fought infrequently, only when I had no other option, and mostly in the beginning.

  • Given how infrequently new copies of the map appeared on the market, collectors would bid handsomely for the artifact.

  • Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke even more infrequently and then only to repeat what others had said.

  • Yet, until now, in the Orthodox movement, ordination has been granted only privately and rather infrequently.

  • These and other early articles appeared infrequently, relegated to topics considered appropriate for women.

  • They generally occur together, but the pigment is not infrequently present alone.

  • In one, which occurs not infrequently, a thickened arm is made to expand into something like a fan-shaped hand, as in Fig. 18.

  • Charcot-Leyden crystals (Fig. 6) are not infrequently encountered, and strongly suggest the presence of intestinal parasites.

  • Perpetual charters are infrequently granted, and some of the older ones have been limited by legislative or judicial action.

  • A national bank must have five directors, not infrequently the board is composed of ten, fifteen, or even more.