scarcer
adj. 缺乏的,罕见的( scarce的比较级 )
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。
Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce, ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.
军队很缺鞋和衣服, 武器供应和药品就更少了.
As oil gets scarcer and more expensive, nature gas will become more and more important.
随着石油的匮乏和价格上涨, 天然气就会变得越来越重要.
Its resources were scarce before and pollution has made clean water scarcer.
中国缺乏水资源,而污染让清洁水变得更稀缺.
What have to be scarcer or abundance precious than love?
有什么比爱更稀有,更珍贵的 吗 ?
And yet pure iron is scarcer than gold or diamonds.
然而纯铁比黄金或金刚石还罕见.