Women are still something of a rarity in senior positions in business.
在商界位居高职的女性仍然十分罕见。
His collection of plants contains many rarities.
他收藏的植物包括许多稀有品种。
The value of antiques will depend on their condition and rarity.
古董的价值依它们的保存状况和稀有程度而定。
1.奇事,珍品,奇物;稀薄,稀少
1.something that does not happen often
2.someone or something that is admired or valued because you do not often see or find them
3.the fact that something is unusual or does not happen often
1.But while widely known as indefatigable, Mr Cayne is something of a rarity in the world of Wall Street workaholics.
凯恩虽以不知疲倦著称，却是华尔街工作狂中的异数。
2.TMAdV's rarity in humans could make it a potentially powerful tool as a viral vehicle for delivering gene therapy, Chiu adds.
Chiu补充说，伶猴腺病毒（TMAdV）在人类身上罕见，这让它可能成为一个潜在的强大工具，在基因治疗中充当病毒载体。
3.Although something of a rarity, it may become more common as sunflower seeds are increasingly appearing in food.
虽说这是少见的现象，不过，由于食物中越来越多地用到了葵花子，这种过敏也许会越来越普遍。
4.Among the many wild changes observable on familiar things which made this wild ride unreal, not the least was the seeming rarity of sleep.
在这次荒唐的骑马旅行中他发现许多日常事物发生了近于虚幻的荒唐变化，睡眠很少似乎并不是其中最小的变化。
5.All of these factors add up to make Gliese the most promising evidence yet that Earth-like planets may not be such a rarity after all.
所有这些因素使得格利泽581g（译注：原文为格利泽，应是格利泽581g之误）最有希望成为地球类行星并不稀有的明证。
6.As a result, finding such a large, complete specimen was something of a rarity, he said.
所以，发现如此巨大的完整的鱿鱼很少见。
7.For perspective, think back just a few decades when China was dubbed the "bicycle kingdom" with passenger cars a rarity.
至于其发展前景，回顾一下历史就知道了——就在几十年前，中国还被戏谑为“自行车王国”，轿车还是稀罕物。
8.It is something of a rarity. If this were a bird, the queues would be stretching round the car park.
它是一些罕见的事情，如果这是一只鸟，人龙会伸展至围绕停车场。
9.Because of its rarity, IBC is often misdiagnosed as mastitis or generalized dermatitis.
由于其稀有性，IBC被误诊为乳腺炎往往或全身性皮炎。
10."What's the big deal? I'm not that special, " he said. "I'm just a scholar who said a few things and I'm considered a rarity. "
“有什么了不起的呢？我没什么特别的，”他说，“我只是一个教书匠，不过说些实话，就被认为是稀有的了。”