1. 1不常發生、次數很少(較書面的名詞說法;口語多半直接說「很少」。)

    Infrequency is a noun meaning the fact of not happening often. If buses have infrequency at night, they simply do not come often. The word is correct, but it is stiff; it belongs in reports and school essays more than in chat. Though actually, even in careful writing many people prefer ‘how rarely,’ or they switch to the adjective: the buses are infrequent. You do not need this noun to sound intelligent. Use it when you are naming the ‘not-often-ness’ itself, for example in a study: the infrequency of the side effect.

core核心畫面

組成From Latin infrequentia. You can also hear it as in-(不)+ frequency(頻率),或 infrequent + -cy(名詞字尾)。

同家族的字

  • infrequentthe usual adjective; this is the heavier noun
  • frequencyhow often something happens; in- turns that idea to ‘not often’
  • frequentthe opposite: happening often

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

infrequencynoun

  • 1

    The characteristic of being infrequent.

    • the infrequency of her visits
    • Because of the infrequency of the services, signals are not considered necessary, but stations are linked by telephone.
  • 2

    The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion.

    • […]it was the solitude and infrequency of the place that brought the dragon thither

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。