| 单词 | rarely |
| 释义 | Word family noun rarity adjective rare adverb rarely rare·ly /ˈreəli $ ˈrerli/ ●●● W2 adverb RARELYnot often 很少，难得 OPP frequently She very rarely complains. 她极少抱怨。 This method is rarely used in modern laboratories. 现代实验室里很少使用这种方法。 GRAMMAR: Word order• Rarely usually comes before a verb: Rarely 通常位于动词之前：He rarely plays any sports. 他极少运动。• Rarely usually comes after the verb ‘be’: Rarely 通常位于动词 be 之后：She is rarely wrong. 她极少出错。• Rarely usually comes after an auxiliary verb such as ‘do’ or ‘have’: Rarely 通常位于助动词之后，例如 do 或 have：I have rarely seen someone eat so much. 我没见过那么能吃的人。• In written English, rarely is sometimes used at the beginning of a sentence before an auxiliary, to emphasize that something seems surprising or special: 在书面语中，rarely 有时会位于句首，在助动词之前，用于强调某事非常令人惊讶或特别：5Rarely is the customer consulted on the changes.调价极少会与顾客商议。Rarely has a film looked so striking. 极少有电影如此激动人心。Rarely does such a good investment opportunity arise. 极少有这样好的投资机会。 THESAURUSrarely not often 很少：These geese are rarely found on inland waters. 这种鹅在内陆水域很罕见。50% of Britons say they rarely eat meat. 50%的英国人称自己很少吃肉。not (very) often often used in everyday English instead of saying rarely 不常〔常用于日常英语，而不用rarely〕：Tina’s not often late. 蒂娜不常迟到。I don’t go there very often. 我不常去那里。It’s not often that you get a chance like this. 这样的机会并不常有。seldom rarely. Seldom is more formal than rarely and is used especially in written English 很少〔较rarely更正式，尤用于英语书面语〕：He seldom slept well. 他难得睡得安稳。They seldom went out. 他们极少外出。hardly ever/scarcely ever almost never 几乎不：Ben’s nineteen and he’s hardly ever at home these days. 本十九岁了，这些天几乎不着家。For some reason, her name was scarcely ever mentioned. 出于某种原因，她的名字几乎没有被提起过。very occasionally used when you want to emphasize that something only happens a few times over a long period of time 极为偶然：Very occasionally the temperature drops to below 30. 极少数情况下气温会降至30度以下。Examples from the Corpusrarely• She is loved and visited by many, and is rarely alone.• Very rarely does she eat any kind of meat.• In practice, however, we have rarely fought any of our major wars with an exclusively Continental or Maritime strategy.• More rarely, however, have those between the same sheets remained largely unaware of their intimate if odd companionship.• Athletes play on one leg all the time in terms of injury but rarely if ever on no legs.• It had the dusty smell of an apartment whose windows were rarely opened.• Nowadays, the public is rarely shocked by swearing.• Alan rarely talked about his own work.• This mechanism is rarely used but is handy when a case is stalling.rare·ly adverb →GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1ChineseSyllable not Corpus often |
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