scarce

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UK [skeə(r)s]
  • adv.勉强；刚；几乎不；简直不
  • adj.缺乏的；不足的；稀少的
  • Web稀有的；罕见的
Comparative Degree：scarcer  Superlative：scarcest  

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scarce
adj.
1.
缺乏的；不足的；稀少的if sth isscarce , there is not enough of it and it is only available in small quantities
scarce resources
稀缺资源
Details of the accident are scarce.
事故的详细情况了解不多。
Food was becoming scarce.
食物越来越紧缺。
IDM
make yourself scarce
(informal)
躲开；回避；溜走to leave somewhere and stay away for a time in order to avoid an unpleasant situation
adv.
1.
勉强；刚；几乎不；简直不only just; almost not
I can scarce remember him.
我几乎想不起他了。

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Definition:
AllAll,勉强勉强,刚刚,几乎不几乎不,简直不简直不,缺乏的缺乏的,不足的不足的,稀少的稀少的,稀有的稀有的,罕见的罕见的
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Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
The notion that a "bit of reserves" would help keep you from getting sick probably stems from the days when food was scarce, he said.
他说，食物不足时，“储备量”的观点可能会使你免于生病。
tā shuō , shí wù bù zú shí , " chǔ bèi liàng " de guān diǎn kě néng huì shǐ nǐ miǎn yú shēng bìng 。
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2.
Scarce and expensive skilled labour is often a spur to invention.
稀缺而价格昂贵的技术劳动常常是发明创造的推动力量。
xī quē ér jià gé áng guì de jì shù láo dòng cháng cháng shì fā míng chuàng zào de tuī dòng lì liang 。
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3.
I had by no means shaken off the feeling of oppression, and wherever I might have been should scarce have been quite conscious of the place.
我并没有驱除掉心中那种压抑的感觉，不管我是在什么地方，我对周围的环境简直是毫无认识。
wǒ bìng méi yǒu qū chú diào xīn zhōng nà zhǒng yā yì de gǎn jué , bù guǎn wǒ shì zài shén me dì fang , wǒ duì zhōu wéi de huán jìng jiǎn zhí shì háo wú rèn shi 。
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4.
He found "a little rise of ground. . . white sand mixed with a little gravel; scarce fit to bear anything. "
他发现“小小的一块山岗地……白色沙土中混着一点沙砾；几乎种不活任何东西。”
tā fā xiàn " xiǎo xiǎo de yí kuài shān gǎng de … … bái sè shā tǔ zhōng hún zhe yì diǎn shā lì ; jī hū zhǒng bù huó rèn hé dōng xi 。 "
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5.
No doubt that this occupies a unique landscape of scarce resources, villa, villa of the king, unmatched.
不容置疑，这种占据得天独厚稀缺景观资源的别墅，是别墅中的王者，无可媲美。
bù róng zhì yí , zhè zhǒng zhàn jù dé tiān dú hòu xī quē jǐng guān zī yuán de bié shù , shì bié shù zhōng de wáng zhě , wú kě pì měi 。
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6.
Right now he is focused on trying to shift dirty, low-wage manufacturing out of Guangzhou to the countryside, where jobs are still scarce.
汪洋目前的重点是把肮脏的、低工资的制造业从广州转移到就业机会仍然稀缺的农村。
wāng yáng mù qián de zhòng diǎn shì bǎ āng zāng de 、 dī gōng zī de zhì zào yè cóng guǎng zhōu zhuǎn yí dào jiù yè jī huì réng rán xī quē de nóng cūn 。
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7.
Thanks for giving intelligent and scientifically sound beauty advice, something that seems to be woefully scarce.
谢谢你给予我明智的以及听起来很科学的建议，这些建议似乎少得可怜。
xiè xiè nǐ jǐ yǔ wǒ míng zhì de yǐ jí tīng qǐ lái hěn kē xué de jiàn yì , zhè xiē jiàn yì sì hū shǎo de kě lián 。
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8.
Information about this era is scarce, but it is likely that peoples collectively known as the Yue inhabited the region.
了解这个时代是稀少的，但它很可能是民族统称为越有人居住的地区。
liǎo jiě zhè ge shí dài shì xī shǎo de , dàn tā hěn kě néng shì mín zú tǒng chēng wèi yuè yǒu rén jū zhù de dì qū 。
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9.
Jobs are scarce at the moment, so you've got to be realistic.
工作机会现在很少，所以你必需现实一点。
gōng zuò jī huì xiàn zài hěn shǎo , suǒ yǐ nǐ bì xū xiàn shí yì diǎn 。
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10.
I sat down and looked upon these things two hours together, and scarce spoke a word.
我坐在那里，呆望着这些东西，接连两个钟头几乎一句话也没有说。
wǒ zuò zài nà li , dāi wàng zhe zhè xiē dōng xi , jiē lián liǎng gè zhōng tóu jī hū yí jù huà yě méi yǒu shuō 。
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