scarcity

英 [ˈskeəsəti]

美 [ˈskersəti]

n.  缺乏; 不足; 稀少

复数：scarcities　

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牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；不足；稀少
  if there is a scarcity of sth, there is not enough of it and it is difficult to obtain it
  1. a time of scarcity
     物资短缺时期
  2. a scarcity of resources
     资源短缺

柯林斯词典

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

英英释义

noun

• a small and inadequate amount
  Synonym:scarceness

双语例句

• 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。
• How serious is the problem of water scarcity?
  水短缺问题有多严重？
• However, theories in this field are in scarcity because of the long neglect of the service industry.
  然而在理论上，由于服务业长期被忽视，服务企业经营模式的理论研究非常缺乏。
• The important problems we are up against are how to conquer poverty and scarcity.
  我们面临的主要问题是如何征服贫穷和匮乏。
• He says widespread use of the technology will automatically solve many of Korea's environmental and fuel scarcity problems.
  他说，这项技术的广泛使用将自动解决韩国许多环境问题和燃油短缺问题。
• Locally, increasing pollution and the scarcity and rising costs of raw materials are creating their own pressures.
  就国内而言，污染日益恶化，以及原材料紧缺和成本不断上涨，都给中国造成了压力。
• We know that water scarcity has a direct impact on human health and well-being.
  我们知道，缺水直接影响人类健康和福祉。
• However, these animation but because the TV channels of space constraints and the scarcity of hard ISBN released.
  但这些动漫却由于电视频道空间和书号稀缺的限制而难以发表。
• 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。
• The social, political, and economic toll of water scarcity is enormous.
  缺水导致的社会、政治和经济代价是巨大的。