scarcity

US [ˈskersəti]
UK [ˈskeə(r)səti]
  • n.缺乏；不足；稀少
  • Web稀缺性；短缺；稀少性
Plural Form：scarcities  

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

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Definition:
AllAll,缺乏缺乏,不足不足,稀少稀少,稀缺性稀缺性,短缺短缺,稀少性稀少性
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1.
This scarcity may have been one reason that he didn't intervene, as he might have been expected to, in Patty's battle with Carol Monaghan.
他没有像大家所指望的那样去调停帕蒂和卡洛尔·莫纳亨之间的争拗，周末常常不在家或许就是原因之一。
tā méi yǒu xiàng dà jiā suǒ zhǐ wàng de nà yàng qù tiáo tíng pà dì hé kǎ luò ěr · mò nà hēng zhī jiān de zhēng ǎo , zhōu mò cháng cháng bù zài jiā huò xǔ jiù shì yuán yīn zhī yī 。
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2.
However, due to the scarcity of human transplantable organs, many limits have to be set up in the application of organ transplantation.
但由于人体可供移植器官的稀缺，在这一高科技应用过程中不得不设定了一些限制条件。
dàn yóu yú rén tǐ kě gōng yí zhí qì guān de xī quē , zài zhè yī gāo kē jì yìng yòng guò chéng zhōng bù dé bù shè dìng le yì xiē xiàn zhì tiáo jiàn 。
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3.
The delight of the children at the sight of some dish on the table showed that it was a scarcity.
孩子们一看到桌子上的菜时的喜悦表明，那是一种稀缺。
hái zi men yī kàn dào zhuō zǐ shàng de cài shí de xǐ yuè biǎo míng , nà shì yī zhǒng xī quē 。
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4.
But at least having to adapt to both plenty and scarcity makes for a more versatile upbringing than one of remorseless overindulgence.
但至少，被迫既要适应丰裕糊口、又要适应捉襟见肘的糊口，比过着不知悔改、放纵无度的糊口更有益成长。
dàn zhì shǎo , bèi pò jì yào shì yìng fēng yù hú kǒu 、 yòu yào shì yìng zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu de hú kǒu , bǐ guò zhe bù zhī huǐ gǎi 、 fàng zòng wú dù de hú kǒu gèng yǒu yì chéng zhǎng 。
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U. S. intelligence officials believe water scarcity is shaping up to be one of the main potential drivers of future global conflict.
美国情报官员认为，水源稀缺将形成未来全球冲突的一个主要潜在导火索。
měi guó qíng bào guān yuán rèn wéi , shuǐ yuán xī quē jiāng xíng chéng wèi lái quán qiú chōng tū de yī gè zhǔ yào qián zài dǎo huǒ suǒ 。
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6.
The word is externalities, a concept that holds that money is not the only scarcity in the world.
这便是“外部性”，该概念告诉我们，货币并非世界上唯一的稀缺性。
zhè biàn shì " wài bù xìng " , gāi gài niàn gào su wǒ men , huò bì bìng fēi shì jiè shàng wéi yī de xī quē xìng 。
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7.
Struggle is hard, no matter how you paint it. But living in scarcity doesn't have to be struggle. That's completely up to you.
无论如何描述这种生活，苦苦挣扎都并非易事。但是，短缺的生活中，你也没必要感觉辛苦。这要取决于你自己。
wú lùn rú hé miáo shù zhè zhǒng shēng huó , kǔ kǔ zhēng zhá dōu bìng fēi yì shì 。 dàn shì , duǎn quē de shēng huó zhōng , nǐ yě méi bì yào gǎn jué xīn kǔ 。 zhè yào qǔ jué yú nǐ zì jǐ 。
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Having waited long enough for his invitation to regain its scarcity value, the tousle-haired dictator is at it again.
在经过漫长的等待以体现其奇货可居后，这位蓬发独裁者终于发出了他的第二次邀请。
zài jīng guò màn cháng de děng dài yǐ tǐ xiàn qí qí huò kě jū hòu , zhè wèi péng fā dú cái zhě zhōng yú fā chū le tā de dì èr cì yāo qǐng 。
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The scarcity of water is seldom reflected in its price, or in that of the farm products that consume so much of it.
水的缺乏很少反映在其价格上，或消费如此多的农产品上。
shuǐ de quē fá hěn shǎo fǎn yìng zài qí jià gé shàng , huò xiāo fèi rú cǐ duō de nóng chǎn pǐn shàng 。
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Affordability has long been a challenge for the state, thanks to its sunny beaches and relative scarcity of buildable lots.
由于加州阳光明媚的海岸众多，并且可建筑用地相对缺乏，让人们买得起房一直是加州政府面临的一项挑战。
yóu yú jiā zhōu yáng guāng míng mèi de hǎi àn zhòng duō , bìng qiě kě jiàn zhù yòng dì xiāng duì quē fá , ràng rén men mǎi de qǐ fáng yì zhí shì jiā zhōu zhèng fǔ miàn lín de yī xiàng tiǎo zhàn 。
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