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Seldom ˈseldəm Rarely I 不常;很少;难得 Sel·Dom Adverb Jepok/1xfvkt+4i2iof8etb03mup4nxtsgmwkgmj2x3idr+Rvzfq3lbeum/Wgwtsd1i4u+Itnuv65acpeaobwqnpclmuihraa9jkqbcxa+E7za8xsqehzrjhz1fuzfutxolkz8ugvluu7tqozvxrrg==

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/se̱ldəm/
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[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。


Oxford 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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seldomsel‧dom /ˈseldəm/ ●●○ adverb
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very rarely or almost never:  Karen had seldom seen him so angry. see thesaurus at
rarely
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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seldom

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很少(56%),难得(44%)
adv.很少,不常

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