基本介紹
- 外文名：scarce
- 詞性：形容詞、副詞
- 釋義：僅僅；幾乎不；幾乎沒有
- 英式音標：[skeəs]
- 美式音標：[skers]
單詞釋義,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞釋義
英 [skeəs] 美 [skers]
adj. 缺乏的，不足的；稀有的，少見的
adv. <文> 幾乎不
短語搭配
scarce resources 稀有資源
water scarce 水的短缺
scarce commodity 稀缺商品
pre-empting scarce resources 先占稀缺資源
scarce goods 缺少的貨物 ; 稀缺商品 ; 緊缺商品 ; 經濟物品也叫稀缺物品
scarce tactic 嚇唬人的辦法 ; 恐嚇人的辦法
scarce currency 稀有貨幣 ; 稀缺貨幣 ; [金融] 稀有通貨
scarce a 缺乏的 ; 稀有的 ; 稀少的 ; 希有的
make oneself scarce 悄悄離開 ; 溜走 ; 很少露面 ; 躲開
雙語例句
- 1Food was scarce and expensive.食物匱乏而且昂貴。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 2Food was becoming scarce.食物越來越緊缺。《牛津詞典》
- 3Bear in mind that gas stations are scarce in the more remote areas.記住，加油站在那些比較偏遠的地區是很稀少的。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 4Hospital beds were scarce and medicines were practically non-existent.當時醫院病床緊缺，藥物根本所剩無幾。《牛津詞典》
- 5This kind of training is ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources.這種訓練沒有效果，浪費了稀有資源。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 6Because oil and natural gas became scarce?因為石油和天然氣變得稀缺了，是嗎？
- 7How did diatoms survive if zinc is so scarce?如果鋅如此缺乏，硅藻是如何生存的呢？
- 8We should find better ways to make good use of scarce resources.我們應該找到更好的方法來充分利用稀缺資源。
- 9However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources.然而，它們有實際的影響，因為它們導致了對稀缺資源的錯誤使用。
- 10As trees became scarce and they could no longer construct wooden canoes for fishing, they ate birds.由於樹木變得稀少，他們不能再建造木製的獨木舟來捕魚，只好捕食鳥類。
- 11Economists fear that within the next 100 to 150 years, the earth's resources will become very scarce.經濟學家擔心，在未來100到150年內，地球的資源將變得非常稀缺。
- 12In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.在某些情況，水稀缺到農民們不得不打開污水管道，將污水輸送到當地的河流。
- 13It may be that males can use scarce carotenoids either for immune defense and detoxification or for attracting females.可能是雄性可以利用稀少的類胡蘿蔔素進行免疫防禦和解毒，或者吸引雌性。
- 14If more than one species is competing for a scarce resource, the competing species usually switch to different alternative resources.如果一個以上的物種競爭稀缺的資源，競爭的物種通常會轉向不同的替代資源。
- 15Countries that need oil are clawing at each other to lock up scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any government, no matter how unpleasant, to do it.需要石油的國家正在互相撕咬以鎖定稀缺的石油供應，並且，無論這種事會多么令人不愉快，它們都願意與任何政府打交道。
- 16However, toward the end of the eighteenth century, as British oak supplies grew scarce, shipbuilders there turned to teak and found in it an ideal substitute.然而，到18世紀末，隨著英國橡木供應的稀缺，那裡的造船廠轉向柚木，並在其中找到了理想的替代品。
- 17Go back in history and this was part of our survival repertoire; like most animals, we drew on our sense of smell, when visual information was scarce, to single out prey.回顧歷史，這是我們生存技能的一部分；像大多數動物一樣，當視覺信息匱乏時，我們利用嗅覺來識別獵物。
- 18Furthermore, most species do not depend entirely on a single resource, if the major resource for a species becomes scarce, the species can usually shift to alternative resources.此外，大多數物種並不完全依賴單一的資源，如果一個物種的主要資源變得稀缺，該物種通常可以轉向替代資源。
- 19It was argued that once hunter-gatherers had occupied the whole world, the population started to grow everywhere and food became scarce; agriculture would have been a solution to this problem.有人認為，一旦狩獵採集者占領了整個世界，世界各地的人口就會開始增長，食物將變得稀缺；農業本來是解決這一問題的方法。
- 20I can scarce remember him.我幾乎想不起他了。《牛津詞典》
- 21Details of the accident are scarce.事故的詳細情況了解不多。《牛津詞典》
- 22Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.工作職位變得越來越少。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 23Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed.新鮮食物如此稀缺以致價格飛漲。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 24It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce.如果你溜走倒可能是個好主意。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 25Them as is not wanted scarce ever thrives.沒人要的孩子，基本上都無法長大。
- 26They scarce ever had their stomachs full in their lives.他們從出生到現在幾乎從來沒有吃飽過。
- 27In college, time is scarce, and consequently, very precious.在大學，時間非常有限，因此也非常寶貴。
- 28As economy is declining, jobs available to the young continue to be scarce.隨著經濟的衰退，面向年輕人的工作崗位一直處於稀缺狀態。
- 29As economy is declining, jobs available to the young, continue to be scarce.隨著經濟的蕭條，年輕人找到的工作的機會變得越來越少。
- 30Th' trouble is that sometimes they can scarce keep from burstin' out laughin'.問題是，有時他們幾乎忍不住要笑出聲來。
