rarely/ˋrɛrlI; ˈreəli/adv not often 很少﹐难得﹐不常: She rarely goes out after dark. 她天黑后很少出门。THESAURUS 同类词not very often 不常: I do go to the cinema, but not very often. 我是上电影院看电影的﹐不过不常去。hardly/scarcely ever – almost never 几乎从不: The kids hardly ever phone me. 孩子们几乎从不给我打电话。seldom more formal 【较为正式】: We seldom see her nowadays. 我们现在很少和她见面。OFTEN, NEVER, SOMETIMES