scarcity

美 [ˈskersəti]
英 [ˈskeə(r)səti]
  • n.缺乏；不足；稀少
  • 网络稀缺性；短缺；稀少性
复数：scarcities  

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scarcity
n.
1.
缺乏；不足；稀少if there is ascarcity of sth, there is not enough of it and it is difficult to obtain it
a time of scarcity
物资短缺时期
a scarcity of resources
资源短缺

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全部全部,缺乏缺乏,不足不足,稀少稀少,稀缺性稀缺性,短缺短缺,稀少性稀少性
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1.
This scarcity may have been one reason that he didn't intervene, as he might have been expected to, in Patty's battle with Carol Monaghan.
他没有像大家所指望的那样去调停帕蒂和卡洛尔·莫纳亨之间的争拗，周末常常不在家或许就是原因之一。
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However, due to the scarcity of human transplantable organs, many limits have to be set up in the application of organ transplantation.
但由于人体可供移植器官的稀缺，在这一高科技应用过程中不得不设定了一些限制条件。
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The delight of the children at the sight of some dish on the table showed that it was a scarcity.
孩子们一看到桌子上的菜时的喜悦表明，那是一种稀缺。
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But at least having to adapt to both plenty and scarcity makes for a more versatile upbringing than one of remorseless overindulgence.
但至少，被迫既要适应丰裕糊口、又要适应捉襟见肘的糊口，比过着不知悔改、放纵无度的糊口更有益成长。
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U. S. intelligence officials believe water scarcity is shaping up to be one of the main potential drivers of future global conflict.
美国情报官员认为，水源稀缺将形成未来全球冲突的一个主要潜在导火索。
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6.
The word is externalities, a concept that holds that money is not the only scarcity in the world.
这便是“外部性”，该概念告诉我们，货币并非世界上唯一的稀缺性。
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Struggle is hard, no matter how you paint it. But living in scarcity doesn't have to be struggle. That's completely up to you.
无论如何描述这种生活，苦苦挣扎都并非易事。但是，短缺的生活中，你也没必要感觉辛苦。这要取决于你自己。
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Having waited long enough for his invitation to regain its scarcity value, the tousle-haired dictator is at it again.
在经过漫长的等待以体现其奇货可居后，这位蓬发独裁者终于发出了他的第二次邀请。
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The scarcity of water is seldom reflected in its price, or in that of the farm products that consume so much of it.
水的缺乏很少反映在其价格上，或消费如此多的农产品上。
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Affordability has long been a challenge for the state, thanks to its sunny beaches and relative scarcity of buildable lots.
由于加州阳光明媚的海岸众多，并且可建筑用地相对缺乏，让人们买得起房一直是加州政府面临的一项挑战。
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