infrequent

pronunciation

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US [ɪnˈfrikwənt] word us audio image

  • adj.
    稀少的
    罕见的

Word Origin

infrequent 不频繁的,罕见的

in-,不,非,frequent,频繁的。

Antonym

adj.

frequent

Example

1. Racial violence is still infrequent . But milder forms of prejudice are flourishing .
中日两民族间的暴力冲突仍然罕见,但形式温和一些的偏见十分活跃。
2. Official records dating back to 1891 suggest that strikes have never been as infrequent as they are today .
追溯到1891年的官方记录显示,罢工从未像今天这么罕见。
3. Six asian markets have dividend yields in excess of local sovereign bond yields , an infrequent phenomenon that shows a historically high aversion to riskier assets such as equities , says markus rosgen , head of asia-pacific equity strategy for citi .
花旗(citi)亚太股票策略主管乐志勤(markusrosgen)表示,六个亚洲市场的股息率高于当地的主权债券收益率,这一罕见的现象表明,投资者对股票等高风险资产的厌恶情绪处在历史高位。
4. They were fed up with phone calls and skype and my infrequent visits to petrozavodsk , my hometown near the finnish border .
他们受够了电话和skype,以及我罕见的回到彼得罗扎沃兹克(我的家乡,靠近波兰边界)。
5. A few relatively infrequent situations also call for a semicolon .
有几个比较少见的的情况也要求使用分号。

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