[ADV-BRD-NEG 广义否定结构副词]难得地;少见地 If something rarely happens, it does not happen very often.
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They battled against other Indian tribes, but rarely fought with the whites...
他们同其他印第安部落作战,但很少与白人并肩对敌。
I very rarely wear a raincoat because I spend most of my time in a car...
我难得穿一次雨衣,因为大部分时间我都是呆在车里。
Money was plentiful, and rarely did anyone seem very bothered about levels of expenditure...
有足够的钱,似乎很难见到有人为花费而烦心。
They were rarely seen together and certainly did not travel together...
很少见到他们在一起,当然更不可能一起旅行。
Adolescent suicide is rarely an impulsive reaction to immediate distress...
青少年自杀很少是由于突然发生不幸而作出的冲动反应。
Rarely does a grand jury publicly disagree with a prosecutor.
大陪审团公开反对公诉人意见的情况很少见。
Oxford
rare·ly★/ˈreəli; NAmEˈrerli/adverbnot very often 罕有;很少;不常◆She is rarely seen in public nowadays.如今在公共场所很少能见到她。◆We rarely agree on what to do.我们很少在要做的事情上看法一致。◆a rarely-performed play一部很少上演的戏剧◆( formal) Rarely has a debate attracted so much media attention.很少有辩论吸引这么多媒体关注。rare·ly/ˈreəli; NAmEˈrerli/
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rarelyrare‧ly /ˈreəli $ ˈrerli/ ●●●W2 adverb
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not oftenOPP frequently: She very rarely complains. This method is rarely used in modern laboratories.GRAMMAR: Word order• Rarely usually comes before a verb: · He rarely plays any sports.• Rarely usually comes after the verb ‘be’: · She is rarely wrong.• Rarely usually comes after an auxiliary verb such as ‘do’ or ‘have’: · I have rarely seen someone eat so much.• In written English, rarely is sometimes used at the beginning of a sentence before an auxiliary, to emphasize that something seems surprising or special: · Rarely has a film looked so striking.· Rarely does such a good investment opportunity arise.Grammar guide ‒ ADVERBSTHESAURUSrarely not often: · These geese are rarely found on inland waters.· 50% of Britons say they rarely eat meat.not (very) often often used in everyday English instead of saying rarely: · Tina’s not often late.· I don’t go there very often.· It’s not often that you get a chance like this.seldom rarely. Seldom is more formal than rarely and is used especially in written English: · He seldom slept well.· They seldom went out.hardly ever/scarcely ever almost never: · Ben’s nineteen and he’s hardly ever at home these days.· For some reason, her name was scarcely ever mentioned.very occasionally used when you want to emphasize that something only happens a few times over a long period of time: · Very occasionally the temperature drops to below 30.
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rarely
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很少(95%),难得(5%)
adv.很少地;难得;罕有地
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