seldom
adverb
uk/ˈsel.dəm/us/ˈsel.dəm/B2
almostnever:
很少;几乎从来没有Now that we have ababy, we seldom get thechanceto go to thecinema.有了孩子以后,我们很少有机会看电影了。
formalSeldom do wereceiveanyapologywhenmistakesare made.出错的时候,我们很少听到道歉的话语。
Synonym
rarely
Opposite
often
Rarely & infrequently
- (every) now and then/againidiom
- blue moon
- ever and anon
- every
- few
- fit
- in/by fits and startsidiom
- occasion
- occasional
- occasionally
- odd
- odd jobs
- once
- one
- one-shot
- one-time
- rarely
- ship
- sometimes
- time