infrequency

IPA/ɪnˈfriː.kwən.si/
KK[ˌɪnfrˈikwənsi]IPA/ɪnˈfriː.kwən.si/

infrequency — 名詞

1. the quality of taking place only rarely or at long intervals rather than on a re

1.名詞C1
釋義

稀少；罕見

事情很少發生或間隔很久的特性

the quality of taking place only rarely or at long intervals rather than on a regular basis.

例句

The infrequency of buses in the village made daily travel difficult for Nadia.

村裡公車班次稀少，讓 Nadia 每天通勤都很不方便。

the infrequency of + plural noun for describing scarcity

Doctors were puzzled by the infrequency of side effects in the trial of the new drug.

新藥試驗中副作用出現的頻率非常低，讓醫生們感到不解。

passive context: subject is + struck/puzzled by the infrequency

常見搭配
  • the infrequency of
  • complain about the infrequency of
  • given the infrequency of
  • due to the infrequency of
  • note the infrequency of
同義詞
  • rarity

    much more common in everyday speech; can also mean 'a rare thing'

  • scarcity

    stresses short supply of a resource rather than how often something happens

  • sparseness

    stresses thin spatial or temporal distribution, e.g. of data points or population

反義詞
  • frequency

    the everyday opposite — how often something happens

  • regularity

    stresses a steady, predictable pattern rather than just high count

文法句型

the infrequency of [noun]

用法筆記

Uncountable; almost always preceded by 'the' and followed by 'of + noun'. Formal register — in everyday speech, native speakers prefer 'how rare ... is' or 'how rarely ... happens'.

常見錯誤

There are many infrequencies in the bus schedule.
The bus schedule has many gaps.
'infrequency' is uncountable; you cannot pluralise it.
The buses have infrequency.
The buses are infrequent.' / 'There is an infrequency of buses.
the noun normally appears as 'the infrequency of X', not as a property something 'has'.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • infrequency of meetings
  • infrequency of visits
  • infrequency of side effects
  • infrequency of updates

常用片語

  • the relative infrequency of
  • the surprising infrequency of

介系詞搭配

  • infrequency of
  • due to the infrequency of
  • given the infrequency of