seldom

US [ˈseldəm]
UK ['seldəm]
  • adv.很少；难得；不常
  • adj.不常的；稀少的
  • Web几乎不；极少；罕

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seldom
adv.
1.
不常；很少；难得not often
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 — 即便不能说从来不去。
They seldom watch television these days.
这些日子他们很少看电视。
Seldom had he seen such beauty.
他以前很少见过这样的美景。

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Definition:
AllAll,很少很少,难得难得,不常不常,不常的不常的,稀少的稀少的,几乎不几乎不,极少极少,罕罕
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1.
ON THE face of it, Congress has seldom been busier, or the parties more ready to co-operate.
表面看来，国会前所未有地忙碌，两党较前更愿相互合作。
biǎo miàn kàn lái , guó huì qián suǒ wèi yǒu de máng lù , liǎng dǎng jiào qián gèng yuàn xiāng hù hé zuò 。
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2.
The recollection of Edward had been seldom absent from her, and her dreams had been filled with his image.
她无时无刻不想念爱德华，她的睡梦中充满了他的形象。
tā wú shí wú kè bù xiǎng niàn ài dé huá , tā de shuì mèng zhōng chōng mǎn le tā de xíng xiàng 。
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3.
and his elder children drawing substantial wages father is seldom the dominant figure that he still was at the beginning of the century.
由于母亲挣钱和大孩子也拿相当的工资，父亲很少再象本世纪初那样是一家之主了。
yóu yú mǔ qīn zhèng qián hé dà hái zi yě ná xiāng dāng de gōng zī , fù qīn hěn shǎo zài xiàng běn shì jì chū nà yàng shì yì jiā zhī zhǔ le 。
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4.
Seldom, indeed, did one of them break out of the class into which he had been born. Almost as seldom did they even think of trying to.
实际上，极少有人能突破他出生的那个阶级的局限，甚至只有极少数人有突破的念头。
shí jì shang , jí shǎo yǒu rén néng tū pò tā chū shēng de nà ge jiē jí de jú xiàn , shèn zhì zhǐ yǒu jí shǎo shù rén yǒu tū pò de niàn tóu 。
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5.
If the company goes down the pan, ordinary shareholders are at the end of the line and seldom get a crumb.
如果公司破产的话，普通股股东排在清盘队伍的最后面，连一点面包屑都分不到。
rú guǒ gōng sī pò chǎn de huà , pǔ tōng gǔ gǔ dōng pái zài qīng pán duì wu de zuì hòu mian , lián yì diǎn miàn bāo xiè dōu fēn bù dào 。
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6.
It not seldom happens than what seems to be a difficulty is easily overcome by a young person.
常常发生这样的情况，似乎很难的一件事被一个年轻人轻易地克服了。
cháng cháng fā shēng zhè yàng de qíng kuàng , sì hū hěn nán de yī jiàn shì bèi yī gè nián qīng rén qīng yì de kè fú le 。
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7.
I seldom lost to a girl, and I seldom got to know a girl like you. You are pure, active, determined and tenacious.
难得会输给你，也难道能认识你这么好的女孩，交你这么完美的朋友：单纯、活泼、坚强、执着。
nán dé huì shū gěi nǐ , yě nán dào néng rèn shi nǐ zhè me hǎo de nǚ hái , jiāo nǐ zhè me wán měi de péng yǒu : dān chún 、 huó pō 、 jiān qiáng 、 zhí zhuó 。
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8.
Globalization tends to be seen as a threat and seldom as an opportunity.
全球化更多的是被看做一个威胁，很少被当成一场机遇。
quán qiú huà gèng duō de shì bèi kàn zuò yī gè wēi xié , hěn shǎo bèi dāng chéng yī chǎng jī yù 。
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9.
Popes seldom weigh in on economic matters and rarely in the form of an encyclical, one of the most authoritative forms of papal writing.
教皇们很少会讨论经济问题，也很少以通谕的形式颁布。通谕是教皇文件中最具权威性的一种。
jiào huáng men hěn shǎo huì tǎo lùn jīng jì wèn tí , yě hěn shǎo yǐ tōng yù de xíng shì bān bù 。 tōng yù shì jiào huáng wén jiàn zhōng zuì jù quán wēi xìng de yī zhǒng 。
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10.
Although concept maps have been used in many fields, we have seldom seen the application in the collaborative knowledge building.
概念图在诸多领域得到广泛应用，但是在协作知识建构方面的应用比较少见。
gài niàn tú zài zhū duō lǐng yù dé dào guǎng fàn yìng yòng , dàn shì zài xié zuò zhī shi jiàn gòu fāng miàn de yìng yòng bǐ jiào shǎo jiàn 。
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