scarcity
n. 不足,缺乏; 稀少; 蕭條
If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it.
...an ever increasing scarcity of water.
水資源的日益匱乏
1. a small and inadequate amount
lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity
這些名詞均含"缺乏,不足"之意。
Gold is valued not for its scarcity, but as a hedge against inflation.
因為黃金的價值不在於其是一種稀缺資源, 而在於它在通貨膨脹中的保值作用.
But there are risks to using false scarcity as a strategy.
但是,使用短缺錯覺這種營銷策略是有風險的.
Economics must still contend with scarcity as a basic fact of life.
經濟學仍然必須和稀缺相周旋,把稀缺當作生活中一種基本的事實.
A language of plenty for a land of scarcity.
這是把一門富饒的語言放在了一片貧瘠的國土.
Is water scarcity being caused by climate change?
水短缺是由氣候變化引起的 嗎 ?