[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]不常;很少;难得 If something seldom happens, it happens only occasionally.
[ADV before v]
They seldom speak...
他们很少发言。
I've seldom felt so happy...
我很少感觉如此幸福。
We were seldom at home.
我们常不在家。
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sel·dom/ˈseldəm; NAmEˈseldəm/adverbnot 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; NAmEˈseldəm/
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seldomsel‧dom /ˈseldəm/ ●●○ adverb
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very rarely or almost never: Karen had seldom seen him so angry.► see thesaurus at
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RegisterSeldom sounds rather literary. In everyday English, people usually say rarely or not very often: I seldom go there. ➔ I don’t go there very often.GRAMMAR: Word orderIn formal writing, seldom can be put first, followed by an auxiliary and the subject, to emphasize that something very rarely happens: · Seldom have I read an article that was so full of lies.Grammar guide ‒ ADVERBS
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