seldom是一個英語單詞,意為極少,難得的意思。
基本介紹
- 外文名:seldom
- 釋義:很少;難得
- 詞性:副詞
釋義,英英釋義,例句,常見句型,常見短語,辭彙搭配,經典引文,詞語用法,常見錯誤,近反義詞,同義詞,反義詞,
釋義
adv.(副詞)
- 很少
- 不常
- 難得
- 罕見
- 偶爾
adj.(形容詞)
- 很少的
- 不常有的
- 難得的
- 稀少的
- 罕有的
英英釋義
- not often;
例句
用作副詞 (adv.)
- He seldom eats breakfast.
他很少吃早餐。 - The apple tree is seldom fruitful.
這棵蘋果樹很少結果。 - I have seldom seen such brutality.
我很少見到這種暴行。 - We go out very seldom.
我們絕少外出。 - She seldom, if ever, goes to the cinema.
她難得看電影。
常見句型
用作副詞 (adv.)
用作狀語
- He very seldomeats breakfast.
他很少吃早餐。 - Lazy people seldom succeed.
懶惰的人很少會成功。 - I seldom write a letter.
我很少寫信。 - He is a gentle man and seldom gets angry.
他是個生性溫順的人,很少生氣。 - She seldom showed her feeling.
她不常表露自己的情感。 - Such cases are seldom brought before court.
此類案件很少提交法院處理。 - She goes out very seldom.
她不常外出。 - Seldom have I met him recently.
最近我很少見到他。 - He was seldom late for school, was he?
他上學很少遲到,不是嗎? - You seldom go home, do you?
你很少回家,是嗎? - She seldom goes out, does she?
她很少出門,是嗎?
常見短語
用作副詞 (adv.)
- seldom(,)if ever
難得地,很少 rarely
She seldom if ever goes to the pictures. 她很少去電影院。
After she had a baby, she seldom if ever went to the movies. 有了小孩之後,她難得去看場電影。- seldom or never
極少; 極難得; 簡直不 rarely; very difficultly
He seldom or never gets a letter. 他極少收到信。
He seldom or never gives his wife a present. 他可以說從未送過禮物給妻子。
辭彙搭配
用作副詞 (adv.)
~+動詞不定式
- seldom eat breakfast很少吃早餐
- seldom get angry很少生氣
- seldom go out不常外出
- seldom hear很少聽到
- seldom read難得讀書
- seldom see很少看到
- seldom stay in很少呆在家裡
- seldom succeed很少會成功
- seldom write很少寫
經典引文
- It is seldom perhaps never, that I wish those to love me who do not.
出自:E. B. Browning - An unfamiliar staircase, seldom used, to judge by the spiders' webs.
出自:J. G. Farrell - Seldom, if ever, had the earth seen so glorious a spectacle.
出自:K. Lines - He knew how to please and seldom failed to do so.
出自:R. Cobb
詞語用法
adv.(副詞)
- seldom是頻度副詞,意思是“很少,罕見,難得”。
- seldom具有否定意味,在句中一般位於系動詞、情態動詞、助動詞之後、實義動詞之前,用於句首表示強調時,要主謂部分倒裝。
- seldom用於反意疑問句時,附加問句中不用否定詞not。
- seldom在下列情況下也可用作表語:第一,用於以it作形式主語而以that從句作真實主語的結構中; 第二,用於修飾時間狀語從句的定語從句中; 第三,用於修飾時間狀語從句的插入語中。
- not seldom屬古英語的殘留現象,表示“否定之否定”的意思,相當於often。例如:It not seldom happens that the telephone rings when we are busy.當我們忙時常有電話打來。
常見錯誤
- 他很少在午夜前睡覺。
誤Seldom he goes to bed before midnight.
正Seldom does he go to bed before midnight.
析當seldom放在句首時,句子的主謂必須部分倒裝。類似的詞還有never, hardly, scarcely等等。 - 她很少午夜之前回家,是嗎?
誤She seldom arrives home before midnight, doesn't she?
正She seldom arrives home before midnight, does she?
析seldom本身帶有否定意義,構成附加疑問句時不用否定詞not。 - 他講課很少按時到。
誤He is seldom ever on time for his lectures.
正He is seldom if ever on time for his lectures.
析表示“很少”“難得”解時, seldom不與ever連用,套用seldom(,)if ever。