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seldom

/sel-duhm/US // ˈsɛl dəm //UK // (ˈsɛldəm) //

很少,很少有,很少见,很少有机会

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : on only a few occasions; rarely; infrequently; not often: We seldom see our old neighbors anymore.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : rare; infrequent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.infrequently

Examples

  • Umansky built up sources at the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates complaints against NYPD officers, and learned how allegations about the use of force seldom resulted in serious discipline.

  • They know that not all quality prospects pan out, but they seldom give up quickly.

  • If the Chiefs had been perennially good in recent years — 2020 was the eighth straight season they finished with an Elo above 1500 — the Bucs had seldom been able to keep their head above water for more than a decade.

  • You will seldom find anyone at the Capitol so willing to admit such a lack of power.

  • Inauguration Day has a cold but seldom snowy history in WashingtonThe snow began gently that afternoon but rapidly increased in intensity.

  • And yet, even while seldom leaving the capital, they offer a perspective on the city that tilts toward distortion.

  • For one thing, they seldom had it, and for another thing they all believed that having it would set up a temptation to spend it.

  • “International glory is something we seldom taste except in one area: the beauty of our women,” she writes.

  • Whatever peace and contentment Adams has found seldom finds its way into his music.

  • Whatever peace he has found seldom finds its way into his music.

  • Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.

  • For years his lordship was seldom seen in London, the great house in Grosvenor Square was never opened.

  • Here they are seldom abundant, but their constant presence is the most reliable urinary sign of the disease.

  • I should judge from what I see and feel that shade is seldom wanting here, except as a shield from the rain.

  • He seldom got up till late in the day, dictating his letters and receiving his ministers in bed.