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单词 scarce
释义
scarce
adjective
uk
/skeəs/us
/skers/
C1
noteasytofindor get:
难得的，稀有的，罕见的
Food andcleanwaterwerebecomingscarce.食物和洁净的水越来越少了。
scarceresources稀缺资源
Opposites
abundantformal
copious
plentiful
More examples
  • Withjobsso scarce, manyyoungpeoplehave nothing to do.
  • Inwartime,foodis often scarce.
  • Researchevidencein thisareais scarce.
  • scarcewaterresources
  • Details are still scarce.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
  • be at a premiumidiom
  • be thin on the groundidiom
  • dearth
  • deficiency
  • deficient
  • gold dust
  • lacking
  • long onsomethingand short onsomethingidiom
  • lousy
  • meagre
  • measly
  • nearly
  • scrubby
  • shortage
  • shortfall
  • shortness
  • shy
  • skinny
  • sparse
  • thin
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Idiom

makeyourselfscarce
scarce
adverb
literaryold-fashioned
uk
/skeəs/us
/skers/
almostnot:
几乎没有
I could scarcebelievemyeyes.我几乎不能相信我的眼睛。
Synonyms
barely
hardly
just
scarcely
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Merely and barely
  • all
  • all ofsomethingidiom
  • at a pinchidiom
  • barely
  • but
  • by a whiskeridiom
  • by inchesidiom
  • hardly
  • ill
  • inch
  • just
  • merely
  • merest
  • narrowly
  • nothing
  • nothing more thanidiom
  • only
  • pinch
  • scarcely
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(Definition ofscarcefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

scarce| American Dictionary

scarce
adjective[-er/-est only]
us
/skeərs/
notavailableinnecessaryamounts, orrare:
Jobs are scarce.
(Definition ofscarcefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

scarce| Business English

scarce
adjective
uk
/skeəs/us
noteasytofindor get:
Jobs are scarce around here.
This is ahugewasteofscarceresources.
make yourself scarceinformal
to go away from adifficultsituationinordertoavoidtrouble:
Things were goingbadlyat themeeting, so he made himself scarce.
(Definition ofscarcefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscarce

scarce
Sea barley is a scarcer species of this habitat.
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In this scenario, competitive pressures between organizations are already high, and many organizations are already directly competing forscarceresources.
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According to classical trade theory, factors of production should migrate from where they are relatively plentiful to where they are relativelyscarce.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The data on family life in these entries isscarceand inconsistent, and they should be excluded from the analysis.
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In particular, data on wind erosion eects arescarce.
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Presumably, 'small ' needs for care are handled primarily by the family, probably more so when services arescarce.
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Multiple infections are generallyscarceand patchy in spatial distribution.
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Departmental managers are required to address the needs of the patient and the complex requirements of the service, whilst being accountable forscarceresources.
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Intuitively, one would expect that a new source of biomass would be most demanded where biomass isscarce.
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Thescarcegold equilibrium encourages the use of bank-issued bills of exchange in gold as an alternative to trade in gold.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The employees who worked in state ®rms and shops, and who had access toscarcegoods, fuelled the black market.
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Moroever, this would provide a framework within whichscarceinvestment resources could be directed with more discerning priorities to infrastructural improvement.
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How far did professional pharmacists and veterinary specialists, as well as medical students, substitute for trained physicians when these werescarceor absent ?
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Multiple roles may nevertheless influence psychological distress among particular subgroups, for example those withscarceresources such as lone parents or those on low incomes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Under the blistering heat, the long marches could be exhausting and water was ascarcecommodity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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