scarce的中文翻譯是什麼意思

scarce

US/skers/
UK/skeəs/

adj. 缺乏的,罕見的

adv. 勉強; 僅僅; 幾乎不; 簡直不

scarce柯林斯釋義

ADJ-GRADED缺乏的;不足的;供不應求的

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。

PHRASE(通常為避開難事或僵局)躲開,溜走,迴避

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.

    你最好迴避一下。

scarce英文釋義

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短語

  1. make oneself scarce

    (非正式)逃避,溜走

  2. 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

scarce場景例句

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.

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scarce詞性變形

scarcerscarcest

scarce近義詞

adj. 不足的;稀有的

scantyraresparse

其他釋義

infrequentmeagersparsescantyskimpytightvaluableuncommonrare

scarce反義詞

adj. 缺乏的;不足的

plentiful

其他釋義

plentifulabundant