scarce
adj. 缺乏的,罕见的
adv. 勉强; 仅仅; 几乎不; 简直不
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。
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。
1. not enough; hard to find;
2. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand;
1. by a small margin;
make oneself scarce
(非正式)逃避,溜走
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
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.
adj. 不足的;稀有的
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