scarce
adj. 缺乏的，不足的；稀有的
adv. 仅仅；几乎不；几乎没有
adj.
缺乏的，罕见的；
adv.
勉强；仅仅；几乎不；简直不
双语释义
adj.(形容词)缺乏的,罕见的 not much or many compared with what is wanted; hard to find; not common
英英释义
scarce[ skεəs ]
adj.
not enough; hard to find
"meat was scarce during the war"
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
adv.by a small margin
"had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"
同义词：barelyhardlyjustscarcely
词组短语
scarce resources稀有资源
同近义词辨析
rare, scarcerare形容长期缺少从而珍贵的东西。
scarce形容暂时缺乏从而不足的
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
Food and fuel were scarce in this region.
这地区食物和燃料都很缺乏。
Firewood is scarce in many parts of the world.
世界上很多地区都缺乏木材。
Food commands a higher price when it is scarce.
食物(供应)不足时，售价较高。
As Singapore is a small island, land is scarce.
新加坡是一个小岛,土地稀有。
Good fruit is scarce in winter and costs a lot.
好的水果冬天难得见到，而且价格昂贵。
用作副词(adv.)
I could scarce believe my eyes.
我几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。
权威例句
Statistical analysis of vertebrate sequences reveals that long genes are scarce in GC-rich isochoresRacial differences in the elderly's use of medical procedures and diagnostic tests
Assessing physicians' estimates of the probability of coronary artery disease: the influence of patient characteristics
Participation of patients 65 years of age or older in cancer clinical trials.
The Participation of Patients 65 Years of Age or Older in Cancer Clinical Trials
Employer Drug Benefit Plans and Spending on Prescription Drugs
Lewis JH, Kilgore ML, Goldman DP, et al. Participation of patients 65 years of age or older in cancer clinical trials
Survival of Medicare patients after enrollment in hospice programs.
Line probe assay for rapid detection of drug-selected mutations in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase gene
Using Medicare claims for outcomes research.
scarce
scarce: [13] Scarce comes via Anglo-Norman scars, earlier escars, from Vulgar Latin *excarpsus ‘picked out’, hence ‘rare’. This was the past participle of *excarpere, an alteration of classical Latin excerpere ‘picked out. select’ (source of English excerpt [17]). And excerpere was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and carpere ‘pluck’ (source of English carpet and related to harvest).=> carpet, excerpt, harvest
scarce (adj.)
c. 1300, "restricted in quantity," from Old North French scars "scanty, scarce" (Old French eschars, Modern French échars) from Vulgar Latin *scarsus, from *escarpsus, from *excarpere "pluck out," from classical Latin excerpere "pluck out" (see excerpt). As an adverb early 14c. from the adjective. Phrase to make oneself scarce "go away" first attested 1771, noted as a current "cant phrase." Related: Scarcely.
1. Tea and sugar were scarce and were rationed during the war.
在战争年代，茶和糖匮乏，均为定量供应。
《21世纪大英汉词典》
2. Math and science teachers are scarce, so if you have certification in either of those areas and you are right for the job, you can expect a quick hire.
数学老师还有科学老师是很匮乏的，因此如果你有这两方面的认证书并且你也想当老师，那你极有可能被录取。
article.yeeyan.org
3. The Nile valley is not Silicon Valley, at least not yet, and venture capital is scarce.
尼罗河谷与硅谷不能同日而语，至少目前还不能；这里的创业资本匮乏。
iipdigital.usembassy.gov
4. Yes, because markets are the best mechanism for allocating scarce resources.
是，因为市场是配置稀缺资源的最佳制度形式。
article.yeeyan.org
5. You have to make sure your whole team understands what scarce resource you’re optimizing.
你需要使你的整个团队能理解你正在优化的稀缺资源是什么。
article.yeeyan.org
6. Processes own threads, memory, and other resources, and these resources now become scarce as the user load increases.
进程拥有线程、内存和其他资源，随着用户负载的增加，这些资源现在开始变得稀缺。
www.ibm.com
7. For many populations in the developing world, meat is scarce, and plants provide the primary source of both protein and micronutrients.
对于发展中国家的许多人群，肉是稀缺的，而植物是蛋白质和微量营养物质的主要来源。
www.scidev.net
8. Most of these guidelines are just plain common sense, whichseems to be a scarce commodity on the Web.
这些指导方针里的大多数似乎是网络上的稀缺物品，但却只是简单的常识。
article.yeeyan.org
9. This can become a problem if these objects are holding on to large or scarce native resources.
如果这些对象占用着大型或稀有本机资源，就有可能导致出现问题。
www.ibm.com
10. Life is a scarce resource.
生命是一种稀有资源。
v.163.com
11. But credit is now scarce.
但是现在信用却不足。
article.yeeyan.org
12. Since threads and processes are relatively scarce resources, applications that hold on to either one when they’re just waiting for input don’t scale very well.
由于线程和进程是相对稀缺的资源，考虑到它们只是等待输入，所以持有它们的应用就不会很好地伸缩。
www.infoq.com
13. In a world in which food is scarce, it is smart for an animal to eat when it can and store up the fat, and suicidal to pass up the chance for sweet fruit or fresh meat.
在一个食物匮乏的世界里，如果有东西可吃，动物就吃掉它，然后储存到脂肪里，不失为聪明的做法；相反，放弃进食新鲜水果或肉类的机会就等同于自杀。
article.yeeyan.org
14. In a world in which food is scarce, it is smart for an animal to eat when it can and store up the fat, and suicidal to pass up the chance for sweet fruit or fresh meat.
在一个食物匮乏的世界里，如果有东西可吃，动物就吃掉它，然后储存到脂肪里，不失为聪明的做法；相反，放弃进食新鲜水果或肉类的机会就等同于自杀。
article.yeeyan.org
15. Food and fuel were scarce in this region.
这地区食物和燃料都很缺乏。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
16. Physical capital is a scarce resource in rich and poor countries alike.
不论是在富国还是在穷国，物质资本都是一种稀缺的资源。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
17. City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.
城市居民抱怨民工威胁着本来已很紧张的城市就业机会。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
18. It was wartime and food was scarce.
那时是战争时期, 食物短缺.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
19. Scarce resources are socially valuable resources.
稀有的资源在社会上是贵重资源。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
20. Off-street parking is scarce and expensive in central parts of cities.
在各个城市的中心地段，不临街的停车场是不多的，而且收费昂贵。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
21. stock up on scarce items
购存稀缺用品
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
22. My uncle Toby had scarce a heart to retaliate upon a fly.
我的托比叔叔以难得的善良回报了一只苍蝇。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
23. Fuelwood is becoming too expensive to buy and too scarce to gather.
薪材日益昂贵和稀缺，既买不起又拣不到。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
24. The document that was current at the time of the version selection will be created as a version itself. Also, since disk space is hardly a scarce resource these days, it makes sense to create versions regularly, in case it doesn’t occur to your users.
这个文档在这个时刻也应该成为一个新版本。 另外，既然现在磁盘空间并不是什么稀缺资源，所以有规律地生成版本是有意义的，以防使用者自己没有定时保存。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
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