scarce
发音
英 [skeəs]
美 [skers]
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- adj.
- 缺乏的,罕见的
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- adv.
- 勉强
- 仅仅
- 几乎不
- 简直不
单词词源
scarce 稀少的,不足的
来自古诺斯法语 scars,稀少的,稀疏的,来自通俗拉丁语*scarsus 减少的,缩小的,过去分 词形式于拉丁语 excerpere,拔出,来自 ex-,向外,-cerp,拔,割,词源同 excerpt,harvest.
反义词
双语例句
- 1. Posters commemorating mao 's death are scarce .
- 纪念毛逝世的宣传画甚为稀少。
- 2. Overall , investment in western china is still scarce and scattered .
- 总体来讲,在中国西部,投资仍然稀少且分散。
- 3. Gold is prized because it is both beautiful and scarce .
- 黄金以其美观和稀有和价值不菲。
- 4. Government spending merely directs scarce factors of production away from their most productive uses .
- 政府支出仅仅是把稀有的生产资料从最有生产效率的领域转移出去。
- 5. What has become relatively scarce over the past few years is affluent men .
- 在过去的几年,社会上相对缺乏的是富裕的男人。