难得一见的英语怎么说呢？

不少小伙伴看到 “Few and far between” 这个表达可能会困惑，

“few” 是少，“far” 远，字面直译好像是 “数量少、距离又远”，听起来有点生硬难懂！

但实际它是个形容事物稀少、罕见、不常出现的地道口语表达！

先来听一下它的英文解释：

If something is few and far between, it does not happen often or there are not many of it.

如果某件事不常发生，或者某样东西数量很少，就可以用 few and far between 来形容。

这个短语的起源和空间距离有关，原本用来描述事物之间相隔很远、稀疏分布，后来逐渐引申为 “机会、好事、人才等非常难得、很少遇见”，

在日常口语和书面语中都很常用，语气略带感叹。

“Few and far between” 翻译成中文可以是：

稀少、罕见、难得一见、不常发生、屈指可数。

Good weather has been few and far between lately.

最近好天气真是难得一见。

Opportunities like this are few and far between.

这样的机会少之又少。

原声再现

But the companies that are getting investments are fewer and farther between than in previous years.

但获得投资的这些公司相比前几年正变得越来越少。

Some small studies have been done, but they’re few and far between.

一些小型研究已经进行了，但它们寥寥无几。

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