scarcity
英 ['skeəsɪtɪ]
美['skɛrsəti]
- n. 不足；缺乏
实用场景例句
- a time of scarcity
- 物资短缺时期
牛津词典
- a scarcity of resources
- 资源短缺
牛津词典
- ...an ever increasing scarcity of water.
- 水资源的日益匮乏
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Gold is valued not for its scarcity, but as a hedge against inflation.
- 因为黄金的价值不在于其是一种稀缺资源, 而在于它在通货膨胀中的保值作用.
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- But there are risks to using false scarcity as a strategy.
- 但是,使用短缺错觉这种营销策略是有风险的.
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- Economics must still contend with scarcity as a basic fact of life.
- 经济学仍然必须和稀缺相周旋,把稀缺当作生活中一种基本的事实.
辞典例句
- A language of plenty for a land of scarcity.
- 这是把一门富饶的语言放在了一片贫瘠的国土.
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- Is water scarcity being caused by climate change?
- 水短缺是由气候变化引起的 吗 ?
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- In addition, excessive secretion of oil, water scarcity are also major factors.
- 除此之外, 油脂分泌过盛 、 缺水也都是主要因素.
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- As demand? and prices? rise, a scarcity of fossil fuels will bring economic restructuring.
- 随着需求增加和价格的上涨, 化石燃料的短缺将引发经济重组.
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- The real cause is either a scarcity of goods or a surplus of money.
- 真正的原因是商品匮乏或货币过剩.
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- Singapore is a scarcity of land resources of the city state.
- 新加坡是一个土地资源匮乏的城市型国家.
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- Strange diseases are known for their peculiarity, bizarreness and scarcity.
- 怪病以奇特、怪异 、 罕见而得名.
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- The scarcity of food forced prices up.
- 食物短缺促使价格上涨.
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- The nature of commodity is the characteristic of usefulness, scarcity, limit and exchange.
- 商品的本质属性是有用性 、 稀缺性 、 有限性和交换性.
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- The traditional economics studies the inner laws of economic growth on the acknowledgement of resources scarcity.
- 传统经济学在承认资源稀缺的前提下,研究经济增长的内部规律.
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- And scarcity will worsen with global warming, the central government warned in a directive.
- 中央政府在指示中警告说,全球变暖对水资源枯竭起到恶化作用.
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- Planners are struggling to cut waste now to prevent scarcity later.
- 计划制定者们正竭力减少目前的浪费,而避免以后缺水.
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- In periods of speedy progress, It'seems, stubborn reactionaries at least enjoy a certain scarcity value.
- 看起来, 在快速进步时期.顽固的反动分子至少享受了一定的稀缺性价值.
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- Abundance One of the most common human fears is scarcity.
- 知足常乐贫穷是人类最普遍的恐惧之一.
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- The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.
- 水果供不应求是由于干旱造成的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Costs, not physical scarcity, are the only economic test of a shortage of natural resources.
- 自然资源匮乏的唯一经济判断是成本, 而不是实物的稀缺.
辞典例句
- The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government.
- 熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府.
《简明英汉词典》
- The scarcity of medals has also been blamed for the current shortage of American heroes.
- 也有人认为,勋章的减少要归咎于现在美国英雄的短缺.
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- Network time has what economists call scarcity value.
- 电视时间具有经济学家所谓的稀缺价值.
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- Absent scarcity and alternative uses of available resources, there is noeconomic problem.
- 缺乏稀缺和现有资源的其他用途, 就没有经济学问题.
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- That would only betoken for us seven years of plenty and seven years of scarcity.
- 那只是预示我们将有七年丰收和七年饥荒.
辞典例句
- To be sure, we still face the economics of scarcity.
- 是的, 我们依然面对稀缺经济.
期刊摘选
- For by that time the producers be ruined and a great scarcity be upon us.
- 等不到那一天,生产厂商已经倒闭,大家只有陷入大短缺的恐慌之中.
期刊摘选
- a time of scarcity
- 物资短缺时期
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
同义词辨析
lack, want, absence, shortage, scarcity
这些名词均含"缺乏，不足"之意。
lack： 普通用词，指部分或完全的不足。
want： 指完全或短缺某物，侧重缺少之物是必需的东西。使用范围比lack窄些。
absence： 指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，或某人虽存在，但未到现场。
shortage： 指不足，但侧重达不到规定的，需要的或已知应有的数量。
scarcity： 指产量不足或缺乏某物难以应付或满足需要。