scarcity是什么意思？

scarcity

英[ˈskeəsəti] 美[ˈskersəti]

• n. 不足，缺乏，稀少，萧条；

复数：scarcities;

例句

• The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government. 熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府。
• The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought. 水果供不应求是由于干旱造成的.
• a time of scarcity 物资短缺时期
• Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity. 它们的价格几乎完全取决于它们的稀有程度。
• In South Asia, the Himalayan glaciers could retreat causing water scarcity. 在南亚, 喜马拉雅山冰河的倒退造成了水荒.
• The finiteness of natural resources determines its scarcity. 自然资源的有限性决定了资源的稀缺性.
• Already the hospitals were worrying about the scarcity of quinine, calomel, opium, chloroform and iodine. 各个医院已经在为缺乏奎宁 、 甘汞 、 鸦片 、 哥罗仿、碘酒等等而发愁.
• But global warming is bound to accentuate the scarcity , say experts. 而且,全球暖化现象还会加速缺水问题的恶化.
• ...an ever increasing scarcity of water. 水资源的日益匮乏
• This scarcity is inevitable in less developed countries. 这一匮乏在欠发达国家不可避免。

同义词

• n.
  scarcity的同义词之：很少,不常,珍品,稀奇
  uncommonness, unusualness, infrequency, uniqueness, rareness, rarity,
  scarcity的同义词之：缺乏,不足,稀少,贫穷
  inadequacy, deficiency, paltriness, dearth, poorness, need, lack, insufficiency, deprivation, thinness, famine, shortage, paucity, poverty, want,
• scarcity的同义词之：其他释义
  absence, drought,

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词均包含 "缺乏，不足" 的意思
  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。
  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。
  shortage：指不足，但侧重达不到规定的，需要的或已知应有的数量。
  scarcity：指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  缺乏;不足;稀少
  If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it.
  例句
  ...an ever increasing scarcity of water. 水资源的日益匮乏

英汉词典释义

• n.
  缺乏；不足；稀少
  The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government. 熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a small and inadequate amount

行业词典

• 法律： 短缺；