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n. 不足；缺乏
n.
不足，缺乏；稀少；萧条；
变形
复数：scarcities
英英释义
scarcity[ 'skεəsəti ]
n.a small and inadequate amount
同义词：scarceness
词组短语
water scarcity水短缺，水荒
同近义词辨析
shortage, absence, scarcity, lack, want这组词都有“缺乏，不足”的意思，其区别是：
shortage指不足，但侧重达不到规定的，需要的或已知应有的数量。
absence指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，或某人虽存在，但未到现场。
scarcity指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。
lack普通用词，指部分或完全的不足。
want指完全或短缺某物，侧重缺少之物是必需的东西。使用范围比lack窄些。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
There is a scarcity of trained staff.
缺乏受过训练的人员。
This scarcity of non-grain foods exists not only in Sichuan but in many other places as well.
不仅是四川，还有好多地方都有这个缺乏副食品的问题。
The factory is in frequent scarcity of raw materials.
这个工厂经常原料不足。
Higher prices are often a symptom of scarcity.
高价往往是短缺的信号。
The possiblility of our wining is scarcity.
我们取胜的可能性很小。
权威例句
Environment, Scarcity, and ViolenceEnvironment, Scarcity, and Violence
The end of spectrum scarcity
Environment, Scarcity, and Violence:
The Coming Anarchy: How Scarcity
World water and food to 2025: dealing with scarcity.
Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity.
Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity.
Alston, Julian M., George W. Norton, and Philip G. Pardey. Science Under Scarcity: Principles and Practice for Agricultural Research...
Habitat fragmentation in the temperate zone. In M. E., Soule editor. Conservation Biology: the science of Scarcity and Diversity.
scarcity (n.)
c. 1300, from Old North French escarcete (Old French escharsete), from eschars (see scarce).
1. The 2010s, it is sometimes said, will be an age of scarcity.
在2010年，人们有时会说，这将是一个匮乏的时代。
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2. This is indispensable in a region like the Near East, where the scarcity of water prohibits further agricultural expansion.
对于近东这样的区域来讲，这是极为必要的，在这里，水的短缺限制了农业的扩展。
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3. One is the scarcity of capital.
理由之一是资本不足。
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4. ” their answers would be scarcity of basic necessities.
他们的回答将会是基本的必需品匮乏。
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5. The more goods the better, unless we returned to the Garden of Eden; for this would mean that more natural scarcity has been alleviated, and living standards in society have increased.
除非我们身在伊甸园，否则商品越多对社会越有益，因为这意味着自然的稀缺性被缓解了，整个社会的生活标准得到了提高。
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6. But one thing is certain: We have gone from an era of plenty to one of scarcity.
但是有一件事是肯定的：我们已经从富庶的时代进入稀缺。
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7. Cleaning dust manually is not practical because of the scale of the installations and the scarcity of water in desert regions.
由于太阳能装置的尺寸很大，而且沙漠地区干燥缺水，因此人工清除尘土是不切实际的。
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8. If trust is about the distribution of rewards –about learning to expect bonuses from others –then it’s going to be a lot harder to share those rewards in an age of scarcity and deficits.
如果信任的实质是报酬的分配——学会期望从他人处得到好处——那么在这样一个短缺与赤字的时代，与他人分享报酬将会艰难许多。
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9. The men with a sense of life’s scarcity wanted their women to carry some extra pounds, almost as if their partner’s fat could protect them against starvation.
对生活某一方面感到匮乏的男人希望他们的女人更重一些，好像他们约会对象的脂肪可以保护他们避免饿死一样。
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10. Water scarcity is one of the key issues dominating the Forum.
缺水是这次论坛会议的一个关键性主题。
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11. But they all agree that the main barrier to growth is the scarcity of investment.
但他们都同意增长面临的主要障碍是缺乏投资。
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12. This scarcity is the fundamental reason why time and money are costs.
这种稀缺性正是为什么时间和金钱都是有成本的根本原因。
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13. These geophysical facts affect the use of language in discussions about water, and the ways in which to think about the problems of scarcity.
这些地球物理学上的事实影响了水资源讨论中所使用的语言，并改变了思考缺水问题的方式。
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14. The paradox of the Albertine Rift is that its very richness has led to scarcity.
在艾伯丁裂谷，有一个悖论的说法是它的富饶导致了它的缺乏。
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15. But the scarcity of donors and the low viability of their sperm (because of age) forced Graham to develop a looser set of criteria.
但稀缺的捐助者及其精子的低可行性（迫于年龄）迫使格雷厄姆发展一个宽松的设置标准。
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16. This is the world of scarcity.
这是一个资源稀缺的世界。
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17. This is the world of scarcity.
这是一个资源稀缺的世界。
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18. The contrary of this happens in a year of sudden and extraordinary scarcity.
在突然发生的非常大荒年，情形正相反。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
19. More recently, economists have also been obliged to deal with the concept of absolute scarcity.
最近以来，经济学家们又不得不去研究绝对稀缺这一概念。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
20. The central concern of economics is expressed in the concept of scarcity.
经济学关心的中心问题是以稀缺的概念表示出来的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
21. The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.
水果缺乏是由干旱引起的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
22. The scarcity of internally-generated pollen may be overlooked.
这样国内花粉不足的情况便会被忽视。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
23. Behind the reality principle lies the fundamental fact of Scarcity.
在现实原则背后，存在着一个基本事实，这就是缺乏。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
24. Another difficulty that life must face on Mars is the scarcity of water.
火星上的生命面对的另一个困难是水的缺乏。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
25. Economics must still contend with scarcity as a basic fact of life.
经济学仍然必须和稀缺相周旋，把稀缺当作生活中一种基本的事实。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
26. The scarcity of a dear year, by diminishing the demand for labour, tends to lower its price.
物价昂贵年度的荒歉，由于减少了劳动需求，因而会降低劳动的价格。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
27. Costs, not physical scarcity, are the only economic test of a shortage of natural resources.
自然资源匮乏的唯一经济判断是成本，而不是实物的稀缺。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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