rarely

1 He wrote regularly to Marian and complained that she rarely answered his letters.

2 Appointments were strictly punctual; rarely was I on the comer as much as five minutes.

3 It’s full of what elementary math textbooks rarely have—heuristic tips on problem solving and whimsy.

4 Carl rarely laughed, but he did not seem, to Art’s way of thinking, unhappy or dissatisfied.

5 Colored people were rarely mentioned in those two newspapers.

6 Though he remembered that he had rarely been allowed beyond the garden.

7 And only rarely was a black music student accepted for individual study by a white teacher.

8 Prosecution for a first minor offence rarely leads to imprisonment.

因初犯轻罪被控者很少被判监禁。

9 Stella rarely had the chance to go anywhere alone with her father, and now she was on her way to Spindale—just the two of them.

10 In the United States, I rarely spoke about my experiences during the war.

11 They call these meals "traditional," yet they're rarely the American dishes I remember.

12 All thirteen share one bathroom, and the established pecking order means the Peraltas rarely get to use the kitchen.

13 For the first month, Shin rarely went outdoors.

14 Shin barely knew and rarely saw He Geun, who had been out of the house for a decade and was now twenty-one.

15 I would set the horse in its harness for the plow, but I rarely did the plowing.

16 But for residents of Pyongyang, electricity is intermittent at best, hot water is rarely available, and travel outside the country is difficult except for diplomats and state-sponsored businessmen.

17 Lydia was usually emphatic in getting her way, but Dill had rarely seen her this emphatic.

18 Rarely is any one product made in any one country.

很少有任何一种产品是在任何单一个国家生产的。

19 In these days Napoleon rarely appeared in public, but spent all his time in the farmhouse, which was guarded at each door by fierce-looking dogs.

20 Rarely was the word silver upon their lips because rarely was silver in their hands.

1 极

precious deadly polar too-too participled all so most very too far hard quite simply dog rare terrible tremendous desperate heavenly mortal terribly stink monumental dreadful damned monstrous miserably mightily devilish rattling doggone aplenty whacking parlous tiptop clinking perishing bally deuced corking unco pole super- per-

2 不常

seldom rarely ever

3 很少

seldom hardly ever meagre derisory little few wee fractional measly marginally fractionally niggardly a fat lot one or two few and far between not go far remote inch vestige modicum scruple almost never

4 不经常

sporadic infrequent

5 非常

such choice signal exceptional remarkable extraordinary awful singular fearful towering blooming egregious thundering preternatural exceeding bally much too far ever extra precious bitter bloody overly whopping materially cracking damned jolly sorely darned beastly spanking rattling whacking parlous screamingly sopping deuced unco all too right down ever so not a little a devil of an to a high degree above measure out of all Scotch like sin ever such fit to bust

6 异乎寻常

unusual uncommon bizarre kinky out of the common

7 极度

mighty mega beastly extreme utmost extremity be- in the extreme out of mind beyond measure as as all get out veriest deep rank severe terrible supreme violent awful desperate sore profound terrific mortal frantic ferocious abysmal howling frightful raving tearing hellish almighty stinking terribly arch- super- excess all for- like billy o to death to the skies freaking woundy high black intense mad cruel sovereign dire unimaginable excruciating ruddy fiendish uttermost shitless deuced plaguey super royal desperately awfully mortally thumping confounded swingeing confoundedly amain consumedly main summit perfection fastigium above measure to a fare thee well to the utmost fit to kill up to the handle rare old to the world hell of a to heaven as hell up a storm to the wide

8 异乎寻常的

exotic uncommon bizarre egregious above-average extraordinaire thundering humdinger rare old

9 罕见地

infrequently

10 珍奇地

uncommonly

11 难得

good recherché hardly ever scarce once in a lifetime lucky unusual distinct uncommon unfrequent seldom uncommonly dear every Preston Gild almost never

12 非凡地

divinely ripping egregiously unco

13 极好

fab wunderbar yummy bottler bonzer superexcellent stem-winding swave ten-carat ginger-peachy hotsy-totsy heckuve curl-the-mo out great mean fine unique rock super wonderful solid proper famous smooth tough fantastic royal grand rare champion prime crazy tall boss shirt mess stunning crucial gorgeous elegant fabulous tremendous keen wizard brave deadly superb curl swell mighty striking bully glorious terrific brutal bumper slick righteous wig savage gone outrageous brag boo splendid clipping mellow cracking nifty sanitary daisy first-class brill bong blip scrumptious first-rate four-star shag hummer helluva goodly tawny spanking peachy hunky George tuff ripping spiffy fizzing jammy tearing far-out tits unexcelled copacetic walloping hunky-dory first-string splendiferous shirty spiffing bang-up superfly mezz way-out out-of-sight jam-up gradely peaches-and-cream peachy-keen gold-star dicty outasite spandy A-OK wondrous tip-top corking joint swinging humdinger all wool and a yard wide real gone too too funny old hell of a a treat

14 非凡

unusual exceptional divine remarkable uncommon phenomenal singular jolly crashing extraordinaire raving eximious divinely ripping egregiously distinction extraordinariness out of common choice extraordinary wizard mighty helluva supernormal unco singularity out of the common

15 出色

mean elegant neat noble uncommon eminent colossal conspicuous smashing well excellence lustre exceed shine with flying colours no mean jim-dandy ten-carat good Able beautiful useful signal stone proper golden trim magnificent smash distinguished cracking first-class frantic groovy grouse amiable uptight jake bang-up socko jam-up whizbang gradely bang-on fine strictly finely first-rate capitally real gone with credit

16 珍奇

rare uncommon uncommonly phenomenon curiosity rarity rareness

17 异乎寻常地

particularly incredibly uncommon bizarrely

18 非常地

extra bitter bloody overly whopping materially cracking damned jolly sorely darned beastly screamingly sopping unco all too right down ever so not a little out of all Scotch like sin

19 罕有

infrequency rarity scarcity

20 出色地

great swell well with flying colours fine strictly finely first-class first-rate capitally with credit

21 极好地

champion swell first-class wondrous tip-top a treat

22 特别

individual special clean particular sweet extreme exceptional uncommon peculiar especial unordinary especially rattling PET excess singularize even so not least with a difference