但是在公司生活的杂音里常识是稀罕物。

But common sense is rare amid the cacophony of corporate life.

在欧洲，商务飞机也越来越普遍，但在亚洲，特别在中国，商务机还是个稀罕物儿。

In Europe, too, executive aircraft are being used more often, but in Asia, and especially in China, they remain something of a rarity.

这是一片停留在过去的土地：这里几乎没有路，电也是稀罕物，整个普什图族部落的社区生活数千年来从未改变。

This is a land stuck in the past: there are few roads, electricity is scarce, and entire communities of ethnic Pashtun tribesmen live as they have for millenniums.

肥鸡下蛋稀。

Fat hens lay few eggs.

云层渐稀，透出了月光。

The clouds thinned and the moon shone through.