scarce
adj. 缺乏的,罕見的
adv. 勉強; 僅僅; 幾乎不; 簡直不
If something is scarce, there is not enough of it.
Food was scarce and expensive...
食物供不應求,而且價格昂貴。
Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.
工作機會越來越少。
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.
你最好迴避一下。
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【非正式用語】
躲開:不露面;不出現或避開
溜走,悄悄離開:離開,尤指快速地或鬼鬼祟祟地;潛逃
In those days, food was scarce, and we had to fight with hunger.
在那些日子裡, 食品匱乏, 我們不得不與飢餓作鬥爭.
Money is scarce with them.
他們缺錢.
It is made of scarce resources and therefore more of it is preferred.
它是以稀有資源來製造的,因此人們想要得到更多.
Systems like these are becoming more attractive as fresh water is becoming more scarce and expensive.
在新鮮水變得越來越少越來越貴的情況下,這樣的系統越發引人注目.
Real old houses are now scarce.
真正的古老房屋現在已經不多了.
adj. 不足的;稀有的
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