rarely
英 [reli]
美 [rerli]
adv.罕有;很少;不常
比較級： more rarely
最高級： most rarely
詳細含義分解：
adv.
罕有；很少；不常not very often
She is rarely seen in public nowadays.
如今她很少公開露面。
We rarely agree on what to do.
我們很少在要做的事情上看法一致。
a rarely-performed play
一部很少上演的戲劇
(formal) Rarely has a debate attracted so much media attention.
難得有一場辯論吸引這麼多的媒體關注。
master
英 [mɑst(r)]
美 [mstr]
n.(男)主人，僱主;主宰;主人;有控制力的人;能手;擅長…者
v.精通;掌握;控制(情緒);控制(動物或人)
adj.(描述精於某職業的人)熟練的，靈巧的，有技能的;最大的;最重要的
第三人稱單數： masters
複數： masters
現在分詞： mastering
過去式： mastered
過去分詞： mastered
【商】master copy 原本，標準本；master credit 原始信用狀；master document 總單證；master list 總清單
詳細含義分解：
noun
僕人 of servants
1
(old-fashioned) （男）主人，僱主a man who has people working for him, often as servants in his home
They lived in fear of their master.
他們懼怕主人，提心弔膽地過日子。
主宰 person in control
2
~ of sth
主宰；主人；有控制力的人a person who is able to control sth
She was no longer master of her own future.
她已無法把握自己的未來。
有技能的人 skilled person
3
~ (of sth)
能手；擅長…者a person who is skilled at sth
a master of disguise
精於偽裝的人
a master of the serve-and-volley game
發球截擊的高手
see also past master
狗的主人 dog owner
4
狗的男主人the male owner of a dog
The dog saved its master's life.
這條狗救了它的主人。
教師 teacher
5
(BrE, old-fashioned) （尤指私立學校的）男教師a male teacher at a school, especially a private school
the physics master
物理老師
compare schoolmaster, mistress(2)
大學學位 university degree
6master'salso master's degree
碩士學位（大學裡的中級學位；在蘇格蘭指初級學位）a second university degree, or, in Scotland, a first university degree, such as an MA
He has a Master's in Business Administration.
他獲得了工商管理碩士學位。
7usually Master
碩士；有碩士學位的人a person who has a master's degree
a Master of Arts/Science
文科 / 理科碩士
船長 captain of ship
8
（貨船的）船長the captain of a ship that transports goods
著名畫家 famous painter
9
（已故）著名畫家，繪畫大師a famous painter who lived in the past
an exhibition of work by the French master, Monet
法國著名畫家莫奈的作品展
原版錄音 / 磁帶 / 電影 original record/tape/movie
10
(often used as an adjective 常用作形容詞) 母帶；母片；原始拷貝a version of a record, tape, film/movie, etc. from which copies are made
the master copy
原始拷貝
稱謂 title
11Master
(old-fashioned) （對年齡小而不便稱作「先生」的男孩的稱謂；也用在信封等處的人名前）少爺，君a title used when speaking to or about a boy who is too young to be called Mr (also used in front of the name on an envelope, etc.)
12Master
（英國）校長，院長(in Britain) the title of the head of some schools and university colleges
the Master of Wolfson College
沃爾夫森學院院長
13Master
（對宗教導師或領袖的稱謂）大師，師傅a title used for speaking to or about some religious teachers or leaders
【幫助說明】 There are many other compounds ending in master . You will find them at their place in the alphabet. 以master結尾的複合詞還有很多，可在各字母中的適當位置查到。
習語be your own master/mistress獨立自主to be free to make your own decisions rather than being told what to do by sb elseserve two masters(usually used in negative sentences 通常用於否定句) 侍奉二主（同時支持兩個敵對的黨派）；徘徊於兩種對立原則之間to support two opposing parties, principles, etc. at the same time
verb
[VN]
學會；理解 learn/understand
1
精通；掌握to learn or understand sth completely
to master new skills/techniques
掌握新的技能 / 技術
French was a language he had never mastered.
法語他一直沒有學好。
控制 control
2
控制（情緒）to manage to control an emotion
She struggled hard to master her temper.
她竭力按住性子，不發脾氣。
3
控制（動物或人）to gain control of an animal or a person
adj.
[only before noun]
熟練 skilled
1
~ baker/chef/mason, etc.
（描述精於某職業的人）熟練的，靈巧的，有技能的used to describe a person who is very skilled at the job mentioned
最重要 most important
2
最大的；最重要的the largest and/or most important
the master bedroom
主臥室
a master file/switch
主文件；總開關