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rare

/rair/US // rɛər //UK // (rɛə) //

罕见,罕见的,稀有,稀有的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    rar·er, rar·est.

    • : coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon: a rare disease;His visits are rare occasions.
    • : thinly distributed over an area; few and widely separated: Lighthouses are rare on that part of the coast.
    • : having the component parts not closely compacted together; not dense: rare gases;lightheaded from the rare mountain air.
    • : unusually great: a rare display of courage.
    • : unusually excellent; admirable; fine: She showed rare tact in inviting them.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.exceptional, infrequent
Synonyms
extraordinary非凡,非凡的,非常规的,不寻常的limited有限的,有限,有限性occasional偶然的,偶尔的,偶尔,偶然scarce稀缺,缺少,匮乏,紧张singular奇异的,奇异,奇特的,奇数strange奇怪,奇怪的,陌生的,陌生subtle微妙的,微妙,巧妙的,巧妙uncommon不常见的,不常见,少见,少见的unique独特的,独一无二的,独特,独一无二unlikely不太可能,不可能的,不可能,不大可能unthinkable匪夷所思,不可思议,匪夷所思的,不可思议的unusual不寻常,不寻常的,异常,异乎寻常attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式attenuated衰减的,衰减,减弱的,衰减型deficient亏损,亏损的,亏欠,欠缺few几乎没有,少数,很少,很少有few and far between少之又少,少而又少,少而又少的,少而精flimsy单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的inconceivable不可思议,不可思议的,匪夷所思,难以想象isolated孤立的,隔离的,孤立无援的,孤独的light光,光线,光明,光照out of the ordinary非凡的,超凡脱俗,非凡,非同寻常rarefied稀薄的,罕见的,稀薄,稀少的recherchéscanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄scattered分散的,散乱的,分裂的,散落的seldom很少,很少有,很少见,很少有机会semioccasional半偶发性的,半偶发性,半偶然性的,半临时性的short短期,短期的,短暂的,短暂sparse稀少的,稀疏的,稀疏,寥寥无几sporadic零星的,零星,零散的,零碎的subtile卑鄙小人,卑微的,卑鄙,卑微tenuous脆弱的,勉强,脆弱,棘手的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细unfrequent不经常,不频繁,不频繁的,不常有的事unheard of闻所未闻,闻所未闻的,没听说过的,没听说过unimaginable匪夷所思,匪夷所思的,不可思议,无法想象的unwonted未曾有过的,无意中的,无意中,无人问津的

Examples

  • Suddenly the normally rare, top-of-the-line down is popping up all at brands that have never carried it.

  • On rare occasions, vaccines can elicit the same sort of immunological misfiring.

  • Since then, some vaccines have been associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome, but it’s rare.

  • Overall, serious side effects from vaccines already approved by the FDA are rare.

  • In fact, many SEOs generally agree that it is rare to see a full recovery from a Google core update without Google running another Google core update.

  • Such statements are rare, as the Guards routinely avoid going public with news about the demise of one of their commanders.

  • Community policing is expensive and, in an era of budget cuts, increasingly rare.

  • It was a rare moment of bipartisan unity in partisan Washington.

  • The problem, though, is that this advice presumes that death threats are rare and abnormal.

  • By the time it concluded with a sing-a-long of “XO,” Beyoncé had done the rare thing.

  • It has only been a rare and exceptional class hitherto that has gone on learning throughout life.

  • And the absence of paper and so forth, rendering notebooks costly and rare, made a large amount of memorizing necessary.

  • Flowers, fruits, and insects were her favorite subjects, and were painted with rare delicacy.

  • Father, mother, sister, and brother all played and worked together with rare combination of sympathetic gifts.

  • Wheat gives place to Rye about the same time, and the Potato, at first comparatively rare, becomes universal.