scarce

scarce

英[skeəs]美[skers]

adj.缺乏的，罕见的；

adv.勉强，仅仅，几乎不，简直不；

比较级：scarcer;

*高级：scarcest;

例句

As soon as his mother-in-law arrived, he made himself scarce.他岳母一到, 他便溜走了。

If food is scarce it's no use complaining; we shall just have to pull in our belts.如果食物短缺, 抱怨也没有用, 我们只能勒紧裤腰带。

The food was scarce during the war.战争期间食物短缺。

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize.有的东西比才能稀罕得多，珍贵得多，这就是识别的能力。出自：英语名言

Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed.新鲜食物非常匮乏，导致价格猛涨。

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.有的东西比才能稀罕得多,珍贵得多, 这就是识别的能力.

Bear in mind that petrol stations are scarce in the more remote areas.要牢记一点：在比较偏远的地方加油站很少见。

Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce, ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.*队很缺鞋和衣服, 武器供应和药品就更少了.

Why is full-frontal male nudity still so scarce in films?为什么男性正面全裸的镜头在电影里还是如此少见呢？

Unfortunately, geophagy is also practiced to avoid hunger pains when other food is scarce.遗憾的是, 一旦其他食物缺乏,人们也吃土以避免挨饿之苦.

英语六级真题

In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.

A snack bar producer discovered that the supply of purely grass-fed Bison met was scarce.

The report found that although some king penguins may be able to relocate to new breeding grounds closer to their retreating food source, suitable new habitats would be scarce.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的

If something is scarce, there is not enough of it.

例句

PHRASE

(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.

例句

英汉词典释义

adj.

缺乏的, 罕见的

adv.

勉强；刚；几乎不；简直不

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. not enough; hard to find;

2. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand;

Adverb

1. by a small margin;