英语词汇“rarely”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adv

If you almost never do something, you can say you do it rarely. If you walk or bike to work most days, you could say that you rarely take the bus.

Something that happens rarely happens only once in a while, or seldom. You might sigh that your town's baseball team rarely wins a game, or boast that you rarely forget a person's name once you've been introduced. The word comes from the adjective rare, "not occurring often," or "unusual," from the Old French rere, "sparse," and its root, the Latin word rarus, "thinly sown, with intervals between, or full of empty spaces."

WORD FAMILY

rare: rarely, rareness, rarer, rarest, rarity+/rarity: rarities

USAGE EXAMPLES

But Washington is rarely on national television, something that irks Wall to no end.

New York Times(Jan 03, 2017)

Even Reid, who rarely uses injuries as an excuse, discussed the importance of health on Monday.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

Now, these contrarian scientists only appear in blogs, op-eds in newspapers, sometimes in pay-for-play journals – but rarely in competitively reviewed scientific venues.

The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017)

adv not often

we rarely met

Syn|Ant

seldom

frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes

many times at short intervals

单词	rarely
释义	rarely (once / 197 pages) adv If you almost never do something, you can say you do it rarely. If you walk or bike to work most days, you could say that you rarely take the bus. Something that happens rarely happens only once in a while, or seldom. You might sigh that your town's baseball team rarely wins a game, or boast that you rarely forget a person's name once you've been introduced. The word comes from the adjective rare, "not occurring often," or "unusual," from the Old French rere, "sparse," and its root, the Latin word rarus, "thinly sown, with intervals between, or full of empty spaces." WORD FAMILY rare: rarely, rareness, rarer, rarest, rarity+/rarity: rarities USAGE EXAMPLES But Washington is rarely on national television, something that irks Wall to no end. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Even Reid, who rarely uses injuries as an excuse, discussed the importance of health on Monday. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Now, these contrarian scientists only appear in blogs, op-eds in newspapers, sometimes in pay-for-play journals – but rarely in competitively reviewed scientific venues. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) adv not often we rarely met Syn\|Ant seldom frequently, oft, often, oftentimes, ofttimes many times at short intervals
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