seldom

英 ['seldəm] 美 ['seldəm]

• adv. 很少；难得

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 很少,罕见,难得

   not often; rarely

详尽释义

adv. 副词

1. 很少
2. 不常
3. 难得
4. 罕见
5. 偶尔

adj. 形容词

1. 很少的
2. 不常有的
3. 难得的
4. 稀少的
5. 罕有的

英英释义

Adverb:

1. not often;

   "we rarely met"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. He seldom eats breakfast.
   他很少吃早餐。
2. The apple tree is seldom fruitful.
   这棵苹果树很少结果。
3. I have seldom seen such brutality.
   我很少见到这种暴行。
4. We go out very seldom.
   我们绝少外出。
5. She seldom, if ever, goes to the cinema.
   她难得看电影。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. He very seldom eats breakfast.
   他很少吃早餐。
2. Lazy people seldom succeed.
   懒惰的人很少会成功。
3. I seldom write a letter.
   我很少写信。
4. He is a gentle man and seldom gets angry.
   他是个生性温顺的人,很少生气。
5. She seldom showed her feeling.
   她不常表露自己的情感。
6. Such cases are seldom brought before court.
   此类案件很少提交法院处理。
7. She goes out very seldom.
   她不常外出。
8. Seldom have I met him recently.
   最近我很少见到他。
9. He was seldom late for school, was he?
   他上学很少迟到,不是吗?
10. You seldom go home, do you?
    你很少回家,是吗?
11. She seldom goes out, does she?
    她很少出门,是吗?

用作表语

S+be+～

1. When she lost her temper, which was seldom, she wouldn't touch any food for a long time.
   她不常发脾气,但是一旦她发脾气就长时间不吃任何东西。
2. Whenever he went to Beijing, and that was seldom, he would take a photo before the Tian An Men.
   他不常去北京,但当他去北京时都要在天安门前拍张照片。

It is/was+～+that-clause

1. It is seldom that we hear such a strange news as this.
   我们难得听到像这样一个离奇的新闻。
2. It is seldom that it rains at such a time in winter.
   在冬天这个时候很少下雨。
3. It was seldom that she missed the school bus.
   她错过学校的班车的情况不多见。

经典引文

• It is seldom perhaps never, that I wish those to love me who do not.

  出自： E. B. Browning

• An unfamiliar staircase, seldom used, to judge by the spiders' webs.

  出自： J. G. Farrell

• Seldom, if ever, had the earth seen so glorious a spectacle.

  出自： K. Lines

• He knew how to please and seldom failed to do so.

  出自： R. Cobb

常用短语

用作副词 (adv.)

seldom(,)if ever

难得地,很少 rarely

seldom or never

极少; 极难得; 简直不 rarely; very difficultly

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)

～+动词不定式

• seldom eat breakfast 很少吃早餐
• seldom get angry 很少生气
• seldom go out 不常外出
• seldom hear 很少听到
• seldom read 难得读书
• seldom see 很少看到
• seldom stay in 很少呆在家里
• seldom succeed 很少会成功
• seldom write 很少写

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. seldom是频度副词,意思是“很少,罕见,难得”。
2. seldom具有否定意味,在句中一般位于系动词、情态动词、助动词之后、实义动词之前,用于句首表示强调时,要主谓部分倒装。
3. seldom用于反意疑问句时,附加问句中不用否定词not。
4. seldom在下列情况下也可用作表语:第一,用于以it作形式主语而以that从句作真实主语的结构中; 第二,用于修饰时间状语从句的定语从句中; 第三,用于修饰时间状语从句的插入语中。

词义辨析

adv. (副词)

seldom if ever, seldom or never

• 这两个短语意思相近,其区别只在于seldom or never语气更强烈。

常见错误

adv. (副词)

1. 他很少在午夜前睡觉。

   误 Seldom he goes to bed before midnight.

   正 Seldom does he go to bed before midnight.

   析 当seldom放在句首时,句子的主谓必须部分倒装。类似的词还有never, hardly, scarcely等等。

2. 她很少午夜之前回家,是吗?

   误 She seldom arrives home before midnight, doesn't she?

   正 She seldom arrives home before midnight, does she?

   析 seldom本身带有否定意义,构成附加疑问句时不用否定词not。

3. 他讲课很少按时到。

   误 He is seldom ever on time for his lectures.

   正 He is seldom if ever on time for his lectures.

   析 表示“很少”“难得”解时, seldom不与ever连用,应用seldom(,)if ever。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的seldum（seldan的变化形式），意为罕见的；最初源自原始日耳曼语的selda，意为稀奇的，罕见的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• infrequently
• rarely
• scarcely

【反义词】

• often