用作副词(adv.)

He seldom eats breakfast.他很少吃早餐。

The apple tree is seldom fruitful.这棵苹果树很少结果。

I have seldom seen such brutapty.我很少见到这种暴行。

We go out very seldom.我们绝少外出。

She seldom, if ever, goes to the cinema.她难得看电影。

用作副词(adv.)用作状语

He very seldom eats breakfast.
他很少吃早餐。

Lazy people seldom succeed.
懒惰的人很少会成功。

I seldom write a letter.
我很少写信。

He is a gentle man and seldom gets angry.
他是个生性温顺的人,很少生气。

She seldom showed her feepng.
她不常表露自己的情感。

Such cases are seldom brought before court.
此类案件很少提交法院处理。

She goes out very seldom.
她不常外出。

Seldom have I met him recently.
最近我很少见到他。

He was seldom late for school, was he?
他上学很少迟到,不是吗?

You seldom go home, do you?
你很少回家,是吗?

She seldom goes out, does she?
她很少出门,是吗?

用作表语S+be+～

When she lost her temper, which was seldom, she wouldn't touch any food for a long time.
她不常发脾气,但是一旦她发脾气就长时间不吃任何东西。

Whenever he went to Beijing, and that was seldom, he would take a photo before the Tian An Men.
他不常去北京,但当他去北京时都要在天安门前拍张照片。

It is/was+～+that-clause

It is seldom that we hear such a strange news as this.
我们难得听到像这样一个离奇的新闻。

It is seldom that it rains at such a time in winter.
在冬天这个时候很少下雨。

It was seldom that she missed the school bus.
她错过学校的班车的情况不多见。

用作副词 (adv.)～+动词不定式

seldom eat breakfast很少吃早餐

seldom get angry很少生气

seldom go out不常外出

seldom hear很少听到

seldom read难得读书

seldom see很少看到

seldom stay in很少呆在家里

seldom succeed很少会成功

seldom write很少写

adv.(副词)

seldom是频度副词,意思是“很少,罕见,难得”。

seldom具有否定意味,在句中一般位于系动词、情态动词、助动词之后、实义动词之前,用于句首表示强调时,要主谓部分倒装。

seldom用于反意疑问句时,附加问句中不用否定词not。

seldom在下列情况下也可用作表语:第一,用于以it作形式主语而以that从句作真实主语的结构中; 第二,用于修饰时间状语从句的定语从句中; 第三,用于修饰时间状语从句的插入语中。

adv.(副词)他很少在午夜前睡觉。

误 Seldom he goes to bed before midnight.

正 Seldom does he go to bed before midnight.

析 当seldom放在句首时,句子的主谓必须部分倒装。类似的词还有never, hardly, scarcely等等。

她很少午夜之前回家,是吗?

误 She seldom arrives home before midnight, doesn't she?

正 She seldom arrives home before midnight, does she?

析 seldom本身带有否定意义,构成附加疑问句时不用否定词not。

他讲课很少按时到。

误 He is seldom ever on time for his lectures.

正 He is seldom if ever on time for his lectures.

析 表示“很少”“难得”解时, seldom不与ever连用,应用seldom(,)if ever。

用作副词(adv.)

He seldom eats breakfast.他很少吃早餐。

The apple tree is seldom fruitful.这棵苹果树很少结果。

I have seldom seen such brutapty.我很少见到这种暴行。

We go out very seldom.我们绝少外出。

She seldom, if ever, goes to the cinema.她难得看电影。

用作副词(adv.)用作状语

He very seldom eats breakfast.
他很少吃早餐。

Lazy people seldom succeed.
懒惰的人很少会成功。

I seldom write a letter.
我很少写信。

He is a gentle man and seldom gets angry.
他是个生性温顺的人,很少生气。

She seldom showed her feepng.
她不常表露自己的情感。

Such cases are seldom brought before court.
此类案件很少提交法院处理。

She goes out very seldom.
她不常外出。

Seldom have I met him recently.
最近我很少见到他。

He was seldom late for school, was he?
他上学很少迟到,不是吗?

You seldom go home, do you?
你很少回家,是吗?

She seldom goes out, does she?
她很少出门,是吗?

用作表语S+be+～

When she lost her temper, which was seldom, she wouldn't touch any food for a long time.
她不常发脾气,但是一旦她发脾气就长时间不吃任何东西。

Whenever he went to Beijing, and that was seldom, he would take a photo before the Tian An Men.
他不常去北京,但当他去北京时都要在天安门前拍张照片。

It is/was+～+that-clause

It is seldom that we hear such a strange news as this.
我们难得听到像这样一个离奇的新闻。

It is seldom that it rains at such a time in winter.
在冬天这个时候很少下雨。

It was seldom that she missed the school bus.
她错过学校的班车的情况不多见。

用作副词 (adv.)～+动词不定式

seldom eat breakfast很少吃早餐

seldom get angry很少生气

seldom go out不常外出

seldom hear很少听到

seldom read难得读书

seldom see很少看到

seldom stay in很少呆在家里

seldom succeed很少会成功

seldom write很少写

【近义词】

• infrequently
• rarely
• scarcely

【反义词】

• often