scarce
英 [skeəs] 美 [skers]
scarce基本释义
adj.缺乏的；不足的；稀少的；罕见的adv.勉强
scarce用法及例句
adj.(形容词)缺乏的稀有的不足的珍贵的稀少的罕见的难得的短
scarce音标
英 [skeəs]
美 [skers]
scarce基本释义
adj.缺乏的；不足的；稀少的；罕见的
adv.勉强
scarce用法及例句
adj.(形容词)
缺乏的
稀有的
不足的
珍贵的
稀少的
罕见的
难得的
短缺的
稀缺的
贫乏的
很少的
adv.(副词)
几乎不
简直不
几乎没有
仅仅
adj.(形容词)
缺乏的,罕见的 not much or many compared with what is wanted; hard to find; not common
1. 缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的If something is scarce, there is not enough of it.
e.g. Food was scarce and expensive...食物供不应求，而且价格昂贵。e.g. Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.工作机会越来越少。
2. (通常为避开难事或僵*)躲开，溜走，回避If you make yourself scarce, you quickly leave the place you are in, usually in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation.
e.g. It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce.你*好回避一下。
1. 缺乏的：scar 疤痕 | scarce 缺乏的 | scarcely 几乎没有
2. scarce在线翻译
2.稀有的：vital 重要的 | scarce 稀有的 | watch 看守
3. 缺乏的, 不足的, 稀有的, 不充足的：yamasol 一种外用杀虫剂 | scarce 缺乏的, 不足的, 稀有的, 不充足的 | wing play 边锋战术
常用例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- 〈口〉走开,溜走go away; avoid others
- scarce, rare
1. make oneself scarce : 悄悄离开, 溜走；
用作形容词(adj.)
The food was scarce during the war.战爭期间食物短缺。
Stocks fell..the exchange turned, money became scarce.
出自：Disraeli词义讲解
词源解说
adj.(形容词)
这两个词都可表示“不可多得的”。scarce指暂时不可多得无珍贵的含意；rare强调稀有、珍贵。
☆ 直接源自古法语的scars，意为稀少的。
考研真题例句
OG 1.scarce
Because leisure time is relatively scarce for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional demands of their jobs.
由于休闲时间对大多数工人来说相对缺乏，人们利用他们的空闲时间来平衡工作的智力和情感需求。
2017英语二
近义词
反义词
临近词
rare
plentiful
ample
abundant
scarce sex
scarcement
scarce of
scarceness
scar
scarce book
scarce at
Scarcella
scarcely
Scarcelli
Scarcello
scarce mRNA
相关列句
Countries 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.(需要石油的国家正在互相撕咬以锁定稀缺的石油供应，并且，无论这种事会多么令人不愉快，它们都愿意与任何*府打交道。)
Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.(工作职位变得越来越少。)
We should find better ways to make good use of scarce resources.(我们应该找到更好的方法来充分利用稀缺资源。)
If more than one species is competing for a scarce resource, the competing species usually switch to different alternative resources.(如果一个以上的物种竞争稀缺的资源，竞争的物种通常会转向不同的替代资源。)
I can scarce remember him.(我几乎想不起他了。)
In college, time is scarce, and consequently, very precious.(在大学里，时间是有限的，因此也非常宝贵。)
As economy is declining, jobs available to the young, continue to be scarce.(随着经济的萧条，年轻人找到的工作的机会变得越来越少。)
Food was becoming scarce.(食物越来越紧缺。)
Food was scarce and expensive.(食物匮乏而且昂贵。)
It 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.(有人认为，一旦狩猎采集者占领了整个世界，世界各地的人口就会开始增长，食物将变得稀缺；农业本来是解决这一问题的方法。)
