rarely ♦︎ seldom ♦︎ hardly ever ♦︎ infrequentlyThese words and expressions are all used when sth happens or is done not often or almost never.這些詞語均表示罕見、少有。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆rarely / seldom / hardly ever / infrequently used◆rarely / seldom / hardly ever available / the case◆to rarely / seldom / hardly ever happen / speak◆only / relatively / very rarely / seldom / infrequently■rarelynot often罕有;很少;不常◆He rarely spoke.他很少講話。◆That's something I very rarely do.我很少做那種事。◆Finding a hotel is rarely a problem.找旅館幾乎不成問題。OPPoften ⇨ often■seldom (ratherformal) not often罕有;很少;不常◆She seldom smiled.她難得一笑。◆He had seldom been happier in his life.他的人生中幾乎沒有比那更幸福的時刻了。◆Revenge was seldom, if ever, the motive in these cases.這些案件的動機很少是爲了複仇的。OPPoften ⇨ oftenNOTE辨析 Rarely or seldom?Rarely is slightly more formal than not often and seldom is slightly more formal than rarely. The use of rarely and seldom at the beginning of a sentence followed directly by the verb is literary or very formal. * rarely比not often稍正式些,seldom又比rarely稍正式些。rarely和seldom置於句首而動詞緊随其後是文學性或很正式的用法◆ (formal) Rarely has a debate attracted so much media attention.鮮有吸引這麽多媒體關注的辯論。◆Seldom have I come across such vindictive reviews.我很少遇到這樣的報複性評論。■hardly everalmost never極少;幾乎從不◆We hardly ever see him.我們很少見到他。◆The room was hardly ever used.這個房間很少使用。■infrequently (ratherformal) not often罕有;很少;不常◆The satellites are launched only infrequently.衛星發射只是偶爾進行。◆The charges made for the drugs are not infrequently(= very often) excessive.藥物收費常常過高。ⓘ Infrequently is about as formal as seldom, but used more in official writing and with passive verbs; seldom is used more in literary writing and to talk about personal feelings and habits. * infrequently大致和seldom一樣正式,但多用於公文寫作並和動詞被動形式連用;seldom多用於文學寫作,表示個人感受和習慣。OPPfrequently ⇨ often
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