rarity
英 ['reərɪtɪ]
美['rɛrəti]
- n. 罕见；珍贵；珍品（需用复数）；稀薄
词态变化
复数: rarities;
中文词源
rarity 珍品
来自 rare,罕见的。
英英释意
- 1. noteworthy scarcity
- 2. a rarified quality;
- "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
- 3. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
英文词源
- rarity (n.)
- early 15c., "thinness;" 1550s, "fewness," from Middle French rarité or directly from Latin raritas "thinness, looseness of texture; fewness," from rarus (see rare (adj.1)). Sense of "a rare thing or event" is from 1590s.
考试真题
- The British traveler Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists when in 1744 he described himself as being impatiently desirous of viewing a country so famous in history, a country which once gave laws to the world, and which is at present the greatest school of music and painting, contains the noblest productions of sculpture and architecture, and is filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections of all kinds of historical relics.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.
2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- Women are still something of a rarity in senior positions in business.
- 在商界位居高职的妇女仍然十分罕见。
牛津词典
- His collection of plants contains many rarities.
- 他收藏的植物包括许多稀有品种。
牛津词典
- The value of antiques will depend on their condition and rarity.
- 古董的价值依它们的保存状况和稀有程度而定。
牛津词典
- Motorized wheelchairs are a rarity here...
- 电动轮椅在这里很罕见。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was a rarity among Wall Street lawyers...
- 他在华尔街的律师当中是个奇人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This indicates the rarity of such attacks...
- 这显示出这种疾病发作的罕见性。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It was a real prize due to its rarity and good condition...
- 因为稀有并且品相完好，它价值连城。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- But the withdrawal of an audit, let alone a decade's worth of them, is a rarity.
- 但是收回审计报告是罕见的, 更遑论是凝聚了十年的心血的一个审计报告.
期刊摘选
- Children's books are a luxury to have in Asia and a rarity in an orphanage.
- 在亚洲地区,儿童读物是一种奢侈品,在孤儿院,这种奢侈品更为罕见.
期刊摘选
- Yet such points of light in Mr Chirac's presidency are notable mainly for their rarity.
- 然而希拉克时代这些“闪光点 ” 之所以闻名遐迩,主要由于其赶上了千载难逢的历史机遇.
期刊摘选
- Once a rarity, traffic cameras are away across the country.
- 一旦有了先例, 现在在整个村庄都安装了交通摄像头.
期刊摘选
- Rain is a rarity in the desert.
- 在沙漠中雨是很少见的.
辞典例句
- A first edition of his work is a rarity but a second is rarer still.
- 他的作品第一版是稀品,但再版更加稀有.
期刊摘选
- No one discovers a rarity by chance.
- 侥幸发现一件珍品的人是没有的.
《用法词典》
- Such a hailstorm was a rarity in that region.
- 这样的冰雹在那个地区可是希罕.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The rarity value of the Games to broadcasters has enhanced its actual value.
- 奥运会对转播商的珍贵价值已经强化了其实际价值.
期刊摘选
- CONCLUSION As a rarity medicinal fungi , P . obliquus is valuable to be researched fartherly.
- 结论桦褐孔菌是一种很有研究价值的药用菌.
期刊摘选
- To mark its rarity , each Crown Jewel piano has , as a final touch, a special medallion.
- 每架皇冠珠宝系列钢琴都有一个特别镶饰徽章以彰显钢琴的稀有珍贵, 犹如点睛之笔.
期刊摘选
- The marked rarity of the ten cent coin of this date lends support to this theory.
- 同年发行的一毫硬币,在今日亦属罕见,也可以支持这个理论.
期刊摘选
- We treasure up a lot of world biggest jade rarity, they are thealso the world's treasure.
- 这里珍藏有数件全世界最大的玉石瑰宝, 它们是全球人民的共同财富.
期刊摘选
- A rarity among demons , he has retained tracts of his original personality despite his demonic transformation.
- 作为恶魔中一个特殊的存在, 在转变为恶魔的过程中他保存了过去的性格.
期刊摘选
- These points fully attest to the rarity of the painting.
- 这也说明此图珍贵之所在.
期刊摘选
- And they will apologize without hesitation shortly after they lose their temper a rarity.
- 有时候他会发火,但事后不久,他也会毫不迟疑地道歉.
期刊摘选
- A thing is valued in proportion to its rarity.
- 物以稀为贵.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- These stamps have great rarity value.
- 这些邮票非常珍贵.
《简明英汉词典》
- The pyramid illustrates the relative rarity, and thus the relative value, of each grade of diamond.
- 金字塔示出每一等级的相对品质, 也即相对价格.
期刊摘选
- Women are still something of a rarity in senior positions in business.
- 在商界位居高职的妇女仍然十分罕见。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》