1N-COUNT [usually singular]罕见的人(或物);奇物;珍品 If someone or something is a rarity, they are interesting or valuable because they are so unusual. 罕见的人(或物);奇物;珍品 [journalism]
Motorized wheelchairs are a rarity here.
电动轮椅在这里很罕见。
He was a rarity among Wall Street lawyers.
他在华尔街的律师当中是个奇人。
Sontag has always been that rarity, a glamorous intellectual.