paucity
英 ['pɔːsɪtɪ]
美
- n. 缺乏；少数；少量
中文词源
paucity 贫穷，贫乏
来自拉丁语paucus,少的，小的，来自PIE*pau-ko,来自*pau,少的，小的，词源同few,poor.引申词义贫穷，贫乏。
英英释意
- 1. an insufficient quantity or number
英文词源
- paucity
- paucity: see few
- paucity (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French paucité (14c.) and directly from Latin paucitatem (nominative paucitas) "fewness, scarcity, a small number," from paucus "few, little," from PIE *pau-ko-, from root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cognates: Latin paullus "little;" Old English feawe "few;" see few (adj.)).
实用场景例句
- a paucity of information
- 信息的短缺
牛津词典
- Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
- 这部电影的结局可圈可点，即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
- 英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.
- 水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的.
《简明英汉词典》
- The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
- 因细胞稀少,结果常令人不满意.
辞典例句
- However, there is a paucity of research on the issue with Chinese subjects.
- 然而, 鲜有研究使用中文的受试者来探讨这一问题.
期刊摘选
- Thethe rural world because of distance and the lack of transport the paucity the imformation media.
- 农村因为地处偏僻,交通不便,与外界隔绝.而通讯工具的缺乏,使农村更为闭塞.
期刊摘选
- A big problem private investors face is the paucity of sources for accurate and fast knowledge.
- 缺乏快速而准确的信息来源是散户面临的一大问题.
期刊摘选
- a paucity of information
- 信息的短缺
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
- 这部电影的结局可圈可点，即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。
柯林斯例句