dearth

• n. 缺乏；饥馑；粮食不足
• n. (Dearth)人名；(英)迪尔思

来自dear, 贵重，珍贵。

1. an acute insufficiency

2. an insufficient quantity or number

dearth (n.)

mid-13c., derthe "scarcity" (originally used of famines, when food was costly because scarce; extended to other situations of scarcity from early 14c.), abstract noun formed from root of Old English deore "precious, costly" (see dear) + abstract noun suffix -th (2). Common Germanic formation, though not always with the same sense (cognates: Old Saxon diurtha "splendor, glory, love," Middle Dutch dierte, Dutch duurte, Old High German tiurida "glory").

Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch’s daughter ,Elisabeth ,spoke of the “unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our institutions” Integrity had collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the only “sorting mechanism ”in society should be profit and the market.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

In many respects, the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact of such widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

As the hacking trial concludes – finding guilty ones-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones ,and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge –the winder issue of dearth of integrity still standstill, Journalists are known to have hacked the phones of up to 5,500 people.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

As the hacking trial concludes – finding guilty one ex-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones, and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge – the wider issue of dearth of integrity still st

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In many respects, the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact of such widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place .

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch's daughter, Elisabeth, spoke of the "unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our institutions".

2015年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.

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...the dearth of good fiction by English authors.

英国作家写的优秀小说少之又少

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The idea that a dearth of available women male longevity has been around for some time.

缺乏女性会减短男性的寿命这种说法已存在一段时间了.

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The dearth of money now must put reform and centre.

财力匮乏,现在必须做出重大改革.

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The dearth of genius in America is owing to the continual teasing of mosquito.

美国的天才荒,是由过分欺负蚊子之故.

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Most frightening, and frustrating, was the dearth of information on this condition.

最恐怖 、 最打击人的是没有该病的一点消息.

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Many soldiers died because of dearth of food.

很多士兵因为缺少粮食死去.

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A righteous man seeks truth, not wealth , and worries about truth, not about dearth.

君子谋道不谋食, 忧道不忧贫.

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King of rock Presley had the best life one can imagine with no dearth of cash.

岩石王艾维斯普雷斯利有你能想象的最好的生活,拥有花不完的钱.

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Incomplete ascension will lead to disease and early dearth.

不完全的提升将带来疾病和早期死亡.

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The country has a dearth of people qualified to runthem.

这个国家缺乏具备相关资格的博物馆运营人员.

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In times of plenty, they gorged themselves . In times of dearth , they fasted.

他们在丰收时节狼吞虎咽,在饥荒时唯有勒紧裤腰带了.

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However, there is a dearth of research in marketing literature addressing multimarket competition.

但是, 市场战略研究文献中鲜见对于多市场竞争的研究.

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It was once labelled a cultural desert because of its dearth ofcultural and artistic activities.

曾几何时,这里因为缺乏文化和艺术活动,被称为文化沙漠.

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Many people in that country died because of dearth of food.

那个国家有许多人因为缺少粮食而死.

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There is a dearth of good children's plays.

目前缺少优秀的儿童剧.

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There a lot of talk in recent days about a dearth of international class English strikers.

最近有一些言论是关于英格兰队前锋的缺乏问题.

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There seems to be a dearth of good young players at the moment.

目前似乎好的年轻选手太少了.

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The main brake on commercial biotech in China, though, has been its dearth of venture capital.

中国商用生物技术的主要制约因素是风险资本的缺乏.

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The trouble is there's a dearth of angel capital and early stage coaching, Lee says.

李开复认为问题在于中国缺乏天使投资和早期指导.

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Farmers have long griped about a dearth of competition.

农民们早就为缺乏竞争而牢骚满腹.

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It's big news because there's been a dearth of boys in Emperor Akihito's family.

这是一条轰动新闻,因为 明仁 家族缺少男丁.

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The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

耶14:1耶和华论到乾旱之灾的话、临到耶利米.

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There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.

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