在十九世纪以前,很少有科学家对海洋学感兴趣.
far between
adj.远离的(稀少的)
Goods of high quality are few and far between these days.
质地精美上乘的物品现在不多见.
The sunny interval we were promising has been few and far between.
我们原可望能有几阵晴天,结果却很稀少.
The buses to our village are few and far between.
到我们村的公共汽车很少.
The sunny intervals we were promised have been few and far between.
我们原可望能有几阵晴天,结果却很稀少.