scarce的中文翻译是什么意思

scarce

US/skers/
UK/skeəs/

adj. 缺乏的,罕见的

adv. 勉强; 仅仅; 几乎不; 简直不

scarce柯林斯释义

ADJ-GRADED缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的

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

  • Food was scarce and expensive...

    食物供不应求,而且价格昂贵。

  • Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.

    工作机会越来越少。

PHRASE(通常为避开难事或僵局)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.

  • It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce.

    你最好回避一下。

scarce英文释义

Adjective

1. not enough; hard to find;

  • meat was scarce during the war

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

  • fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought

Adverb

1. by a small margin;

  • they could barely hear the speaker
  • we hardly knew them
  • just missed being hit
  • had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
  • would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

scarce短语

  1. make oneself scarce

    (非正式)逃避,溜走

  2. make (oneself) scarce【非正式用语】

    躲开:不露面;不出现或避开

    溜走,悄悄离开:离开,尤指快速地或鬼鬼祟祟地;潜逃

scarce场景例句

In those days, food was scarce, and we had to fight with hunger.

在那些日子里, 食品匮乏, 我们不得不与饥饿作斗争.

Money is scarce with them.

他们缺钱.

It is made of scarce resources and therefore more of it is preferred.

它是以稀有资源来制造的,因此人们想要得到更多.

Systems like these are becoming more attractive as fresh water is becoming more scarce and expensive.

在新鲜水变得越来越少越来越贵的情况下,这样的系统越发引人注目.

Real old houses are now scarce.

真正的古老房屋现在已经不多了.

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scarce词性变形

scarcerscarcest

scarce近义词

adj. 不足的;稀有的

scantyraresparse

其他释义

infrequentmeagersparsescantyskimpytightvaluableuncommonrare

scarce反义词

adj. 缺乏的;不足的

plentiful

其他释义

plentifulabundant