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paucity

英 [ˈpɔːsəti]

美 [ˈpɔːsəti]

n.  少量; 少许; 贫乏

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BNC.18824 / COCA.16637

牛津词典

    noun

    • 少量;少许;贫乏
      a small amount of sth; less than enough of sth
      1. a paucity of information
        信息的短缺

    柯林斯词典

    • N-SING 少量;不足;缺乏
      If you say that there is apaucity ofsomething, you mean that there is not enough of it.
      1. 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。
      2. ...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
        英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏

    英英释义

    noun

    • an insufficient quantity or number
        Synonym:dearth

      双语例句

      • Analysts at Fortis Bank said in a recent report: We are becoming more concerned that the scope for production growth is reaching some upper limits, constrained by the paucity of geographic locations suitable for cocoa production.
        富通银行(FortisBank)分析师在最近的一份报告中称:我们越来越担心产量增长空间正接近上限,因为适合种植可可豆的地区很少。
      • Another reason for the paucity of data is the lack of disease surveillance in endemic countries.
        缺乏数据的另外一个原因是,疾病流行国家缺乏疾病监测。
      • Women in nonscience jobs earn just three-quarters the salary accorded those in higher-tech fields, and the paucity of female scientists helps explain the overall wage gap between women and men.
        从事非科学工作的女性赚取的薪水,仅是高科技领域从业者的四分之三。女科学家的缺乏也有助于解释男性和女性之间的整体工资差距。
      • The paucity of European strategic thinking is stunning.
        欧洲战略思想的匮乏程度令人震惊。
      • 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。
      • Companies often cite a paucity of domestic blue-collar workers as a barrier.
        台湾企业常常说,本地蓝领工人不足是妨碍他们在台湾投资的一个因素。
      • Fuling is enjoying the first trickle of prosperity. Yet many other small cities across China's vast interior are still waiting for improved rail and road connections, while a paucity of decent low-end housing is a growing social problem nationwide.
        涪陵正在逐渐繁荣起来,但中国广袤的内地还有许多其它小城市仍在等待铁路与公路网的完善,而低端体面住宅的缺乏,正日益成为全国性的社会问题。
      • Even so, expert opinion and Cochrane reviews do not recommend this practice because of the paucity of data regarding safety and resistance and the absence of adequately powered, multicenter trials.
        尽管至这样,专家意见和Cochrane综述不推荐该应用,因为认为其安全性、耐药性和充分的可操作性的数据贫乏。
      • In fact, if the paucity of database connections or the laggardly response of your database server is systemic, embedding one or more reverse proxies could beget widespread gain.
        实际上,如果数据库连接较少或者数据库服务器的响应速度较慢是整体性的,则嵌入一个或多个反向代理可以广泛获益。
      • Most households need a maximum of one lawyer; two constitutes an oversupply and can lead to a paucity of time, a surplus of money and a certain homogeneity in outlook.
        在大多数家庭,夫妻中有一个人做律师就足够了,两口子都干律师会造成供应过度,可能会面临时间不够、钱有富余和看法有些类似的情况。