['seldəm]['seldəm]
  • adv. 很少;难得
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    本单词想不出好的记忆法,我们暂且这么不专业的记忆一下:
    seldom的发音有点类似于Satan([?se?tn])而撒旦我们都知道,是一个魔鬼。在圣经的旧约中撒旦被认为是上帝发出检验人类虔诚度的天使,在希伯莱神话中撒旦被视为邪恶的最高神,邪恶代表不正常、不平常。由不平常引申出很少和不常。
    词源记忆法
    来自古英语seldum,改写自seldan,少有,罕有,来自Proto-Germanic*selda,罕有,反常,奇怪。
    谐音记忆法
    谐音;扫荡 超市经过一轮扫荡,货架上的生活必需品已经(很少)了。连(不常)用的东西都所剩无几,所以引申为:很少 不常
      adverb(副词)
      1. 很少;几乎从来没有

    双解例句

    adverb(副词)
    1. 很少;几乎从来没有

      Now that we have a baby, we seldom get the chance to go to the cinema.

      有了孩子以后,我们很少有机会看电影了。

      Seldom do we receive any apology when mistakes are made.

      出错的时候,我们很少听到道歉的话语。

    小知识

    If you seldom see your grandmother because she lives far away, you might be grateful for the opportunity to visit her over the summer. Use the adjective seldom to refer to things that don't happen very often.

    A near synonym is rarely. Seldom is a Middle English word, from Old English seldum, a spelling alteration of seldan “strange, rare.” In Old English, the spelling seldum came about by analogy with forms such as Old English hwilum “formerly, at one time,” from hwil “time, while.”

    实用短语

    1. stories seldom told

      往事深藏心底,许多故事很少说起

    2. seldom or never

      简直不,绝无仅有,极难得,翻译

    3. not seldom

      常常,翻译

    4. she is seldom ill

      她很少生病

    5. seldom complications

      少见并发症

    6. rope seldom used

      护的较陡山路,级为几乎不需要保护的较陡山路

    7. seldom if ever

      难得,几乎从来不,翻译,很少

    8. seldom ad

      很少,不常

    9. rarely seldom

    常用短语

    1. seldom or never

      极难得,简直不,几乎不: He seldom or never drinks. 他简直可以说滴酒不沾。,source:21世纪

    单词用法

    常用短语
    seldom or never极难得,简直不,几乎不:
    He seldom or never drinks.
    他简直可以说滴酒不沾。
    单词解说
    seldom是频度副词,意思是“很少,罕见,难得”。
    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。
    近义词汇
    rarely/scarcely

    同义词

    adv.不常,很少;难得

    infrequently  /  rarely  /  often  /  hardly  /  not

    其他释义

    infrequently  /  hardly  /  rarely  /  occasional

    反义词

    adv.不常,很少;难得

    often

    其他释义

    often  /  always