0 not common; very unusual -- 稀少的；罕見的；不常發生的
The museum is full of rare and precious treasures. 這所博物館裡收藏的滿是奇珍異寶。
a rare occasion/opportunity/visit/treat, etc. 難得的時機／機會／探訪／款待等
[ + to infinitive ] It's very rare to find these birds in New England in winter. 在新英格蘭地區，冬天很少能看到這種鳥。
It's very rare to find someone who combines such qualities. 同時具有這些素質的人非常罕見。
1 (of meat) not cooked for very long and still red -- （肉）煮得半熟的，煎得嫩的
2 used to describe the air at the top of a mountain, which contains less oxygen, making it harder to breathe -- （山頂空氣）稀薄的
Talent like hers is rare in someone so young.
He has a collection of rare insect specimens.
Yet so many other factors also influence epistemic convictions that purely national styles may be relatively rare.
Second, she shows that the notion that merchant families survived for three successive generations was quite rare.
With rare, athletic exceptions, the threat environment we now face is more symbolic than physical.
