few and far between是什么意思，few and far between的意思翻译、用法、同义词、例句

常用词典

稀少；彼此相距很远；不常发生

Successful women politicians are few and far between.

成功的女政治家少之又少。

My house used to be crowded with visitors, but now visitors are few and far between.

从前，我家总是门庭若市，现在却是门可罗雀了。

Holidays are few and far between.

假期总是很短，而且间隔很长。

Such refuges are few and far between.

这样的避难所寥寥可数。

But such projects are few and far between.

但是这样的外援项目屈指可数。

|scarceness/exility;稀少；彼此相距很远；不常发生

单词 "few and far between" 意为 "稀少的，少见的"。它通常用来描述在一定范围内，某种事物或现象很少出现或很难找到。

Good job opportunities in that field are few and far between. (那个领域的好工作机会很少)
Nowadays, genuine acts of kindness seem to be few and far between. (现在，真正善良的行为似乎很少见)
In the remote village, high-end restaurants are few and far between. (在偏远的小村庄里，高档餐厅很少见)

该短语通常用于否定句，表示某事物的出现不太可能或者很罕见。另外，也可以用于肯定句，表示某事物虽然稀少但是存在。

few and far between 这个词组中的 few 表示数量很少，而 far between 则表达了距离很远的含义。因此，这个词组的整体意思是 "数量很少，距离很远，很难找到"。