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

• "The precursor strategy will not work because earthquakes are too complicated and too infrequent" and "lack of rigour in earth sciences".
  “前兆战略无法工作，因为地震太复杂和太罕见”以及“地球科学缺乏严格性”。
• 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。
• 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。
• His letters became infrequent, then stopped completely.
  他的来信变少了，最后就完全停止了。
• Snapshot replication is most appropriate when data changes are substantial but infrequent.
  在数据更改量很大，但很少发生时，快照复制是最合适的。
• With surgical patients a not infrequent problem in the postoperative period is restlessness, hypertension, and tachycardia.
  手术患者在术后出现躁动，高血压和心动过速的情况并不少见。
• Disturbances are relatively infrequent in British prisons.
  相对来说，英国监狱不常发生骚乱。
• 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。
• 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。
• Contact your pediatrician if the infrequent, hard stools seem to be causing significant discomfort to your baby.
  请与您的儿科医生联系，如果不经常，干结的大便似乎造成极大的不适对你的宝宝。