infrequent

英 [ɪnˈfriːkwənt]

美 [ɪnˈfriːkwənt]

adj.  不常发生的; 罕见的

Collins.1 / BNC.11244 / COCA.14702

牛津词典

adj.

• 不常发生的；罕见的
  not happening often
  1. her infrequent visits home
     她少有的探望家人
  2. Muggings are relatively infrequent in this area.
     在这个地区行凶抢劫事件相对少见。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不频发的;很少发生的;罕见的
  If something isinfrequent, it does not happen often.
  1. ...John's infrequent visits to London.
     约翰仅有的几次伦敦之行

英英释义

adj

• not frequent
  1. infrequent outbursts of temper

双语例句

• Waterborne outbreaks, though infrequent, are usually associated with sewage-contaminated or inadequately treated water.
  水源性疾病疫情虽然并不常见，但它往往与受污水污染过或处理不当的饮水有联系。
• But keep in mind that infrequent but soft, easy-to-pass BMs are not constipation and rarely require intervention.
  但请记住，不经常，但软，容易通过的大便次数较少不是便秘，而且很少需要干预。
• This is an infrequent stamp.
  这是一张罕见的邮票。
• Rubella is an important childhood disease that was historically widespread but is now very infrequent.
  风疹是儿童期疾病中重要一员，在既往很流行，但现在发作很少。
• His letters became infrequent, then stopped completely.
  他的来信变少了，最后就完全停止了。
• Interruptions to large areas remain a possibility, although such occurrences may be very infrequent.
  大范围的停电也是可能的，尽管很少会发生此种情况。
• Difficult, incomplete, or infrequent evacuation of dry, hardened feces from the bowels.
  便秘有困难的，不完全的或不经常从肠道排泄干燥且硬的大便。
• The worst situation is an application involving infrequent updates, such as an Ajax mail Inbox.
  最坏的一种情况是对不频繁发生更新的应用程序使用轮询，例如一种Ajax邮件Inbox。
• In addition, Moody's has adjusted its analytical models on the infrequent occasions that errors have been detected.
  除此之外，在不常见的情况下，穆迪发现错误后已对其分析模型做出调整。
• These can be healthy if they are relatively infrequent and competently resolved.
  如果这些问题出现得相对而言不那么频繁、且能够得到解决，那么它们可能是健康的。