| 释义 |
View usage for: (seldəm) adverb [ADVERB before verb]If something seldom happens, it happens only occasionally. They seldom speak. I've seldom felt so happy. We were seldom at home. Synonyms: rarely, occasionally, not often, once in a while More Synonyms of seldom seldom in British English (ˈsɛldəm) adverbnot often; rarely Also (obsolete): seldomly Word origin Old English seldon; related to Old Norse sjāldan, Old High German seltanseldom in American English (ˈsɛldəm) adverb1. not often; rarely; infrequently Derived forms seldomness (ˈseldomness) noun Word origin ME selden < OE seldan, strange, rare, akin to Ger selten < Gmc base * selda- < ? IE * selo-: see self Examples of 'seldom' in a sentenceseldom British English: seldom / ˈsɛldəm/ ADVERB If something seldom happens, it does not happen often. They seldom speak. - American English: seldom
- Arabic: نادِراً ما
- Brazilian Portuguese: raramente
- Chinese: 很少
- Croatian: rijetko
- Czech: zřídka
- Danish: sjældent
- Dutch: zelden
- European Spanish: rara vez
- Finnish: harvoin
- French: rarement
- German: selten
- Greek: σπάνια
- Italian: raramente
- Japanese: めったに･･･しない
- Korean: 드물게
- Norwegian: sjelden
- Polish: rzadko
- European Portuguese: raramente
- Romanian: rareori
- Russian: редко
- Latin American Spanish: rara vez
- Swedish: sällan
- Thai: ไม่ค่อยจะ
- Turkish: nadiren
- Ukrainian: рідко
- Vietnamese: hiếm khi
Chinese translation of 'seldom'Definition rarely They seldom speak. Synonyms rarely not often once in a while infrequently sporadically hardly ever only now and then scarcely ever Opposites often , frequently , much , again and again , over and over again , time and again , time after time , many a time Additional synonymsI occasionally go to the cinema with a friend. Synonyms sometimes, at times, from time to time, on and off, now and then, irregularly, on occasion, now and again, periodically, once in a while, every so often, at intervals, off and on, (every) now and then Once in a blue moon you get some problems. Synonyms rarely, almost never, very seldom, hardly ever, scarcely ever |