not existing in large numbers or in many places synonym unusual, rare不常有的;罕见的;稀罕的 an uncommon occurrence 不寻常的事情 Side effects from the drug are uncommon. 这药很少有副作用。 It is not uncommon for college students to live at home. 大学生住在家里并不少见。 Red squirrels are uncommon in England. 红松鼠在英格兰很少见。
Extra ExamplesSuch technologies were still uncommon in the US. 这些技术在美国仍然不同寻常。 Oswald is an uncommon name nowadays. 奥斯瓦尔德现在是一个不常见的名字。 It is not uncommon to find 30 different species on one tree. 在一棵树上找到30个不同的物种并不稀奇。 Unfortunately, racist attacks are not at all uncommon. 不幸的是,种族主义袭击并不少见。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- (formal or literary)
unusually large in degree or amount; great synonym remarkable程度深的;特别大的