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双解例句
小知识
If an event is rare, it doesn't happen often. If an object is rare, there aren't many of its kind. Obviously, finding a rare gem is a rare occasion.
Rare comes from the Latin word rarus, meaning “widely spaced,” as rare things are — whether in actual space or in time. You thought it was rare to meet someone you have so much in common with, until he fainted looking at the rare steak you ordered. The rare that describes prepared meat actually has a separate origin: it comes from the long-gone word rear, meaning “half-cooked.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
occasional:指偶然、不时或间或发生的事,侧重无规律可循。
uncommon:指一般不发生或很少发生的事情,故显得独特、异常与例外。
scare:指暂时不易发现、不存在或数量不足,供不应求的东西。
rare:指难得发生的事或难遇见的人或事,侧重特殊性。
同义词辨析
这些形容词均含”稀罕的,很少发生”之意。
- occasional: 指偶然、不时或间或发生的事,侧重无规律可循。
- uncommon: 指一般不发生或很少发生的事情,故显得独特、异常与例外。
- scare: 指暂时不易发现、不存在或数量不足,供不应求的东西。
- rare: 指难得发生的事或难遇见的人或事,侧重特殊性。
同根词
词根:rare
adj.rarefied稀薄的;纯化的
rarified纯净的;稀薄的
raring渴望的;急切的
adv.rarely很少地;难得;罕有地
n.rarefaction[声] 稀疏;(气体)稀薄
rareness稀薄;稀罕;珍奇
v.rarified使变稀薄(rarify的过去式)
raring渴望(rare的ing形式);用后腿站起
vi.rarefy变稀薄;纯化
rarify变稀薄;纯化
vt.rarefy使纯化;变稀薄;精选
rarify使成精细;使变稀薄