scarcity
英 [ˈskeəsəti] 美 [ˈskersəti]

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.)

1. There is a scarcity of trained staff.
   缺乏受过训练的人员。
2. 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。
3. The factory is in frequent scarcity of raw materials.
   这个工厂经常原料不足。
4. Higher prices are often a symptom of scarcity.
   高价往往是短缺的信号。
5. The possiblility of our wining is scarcity.
   我们取胜的可能性很小。

权威例句

Environment, Scarcity, and Violence
Environment, 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.