not often不常；很少；难得 synonym 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——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。🔊🔊
- (literary) Seldom had he seen such beauty.他以前很少见过这样的美景。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- She seldom smiled.她难得一笑。
- Why is the symphony so seldom played?为什么交响乐很少演奏？
- They work hard and seldom take holidays.他们努力工作，很少休假。
- People are very seldom exactly what you would like them to be.人们很少能真正满足您的期望。
- Seldom have I come across such vindictive reviews.我很少遇到这样的报复性评论。
- It is seldom that a week passes by without my having several letters on the subject.很少有一个星期过去，而我却没有几个关于这个主题的信。
- Revenge was seldom, if ever, the motive in these cases.这些案件的动机很少是为了复仇的。
Oxford Collocations DictionarySeldom is used with these verbs: See full entry Word OriginOld English seldan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zelden and German selten, from a base meaning ‘strange, wonderful’.