英['seldəm]美['seldəm]
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。
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)
双解例句
adverb(副词)
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
常用短语
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。
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。
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