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scarce是什么意思

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scarce 是什么意思

音标:[ skɛəs ]  

中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
(scarcer; scarcest)
1.〔用作表语[主词补语]〕(生活必需品)缺乏,不足 (of)。
2.稀有的,罕见的,珍贵的,难得的。
短语和例子
We are scarce of provisions. 我们缺乏粮食。 a scarce book 珍本;难得的书。 scarce metals 稀有金属。 scarce times 市面萧条,困难时节。 make oneself scarce 〔口语〕悄悄走[躲]开;退避;溜掉;不露面。
adv.
〔古诗〕=scarcely.
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
同义词:barely, hardly, just, scarcely, barely, hardly, just, scarcely,

only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
同义词:barely, hardly, just, scarcely, barely, hardly, just, scarcely,

例句与用法

1.Eggs are scarce and expensive this month .
本月蛋缺货且价昂。

2.I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words .
我说的话满打满算不到一百个字。

3.Scarce resources are socially valuable resources .
稀有的资源在社会上是贵重资源。

4.When a thing is scarce , it is precious .
物以稀为贵。

5.Strawberries are scarce this year .
今年草莓很少。

6.We are scarce of provisions .
我们缺乏粮食。

7.Despite continuing immigration, artisans were scarce .
尽管移民不断增加,但技工还是很缺乏。

8.My uncle toby had scarce a heart to retaliate upon a fly .
我的托比叔叔以难得的善良回报了一只苍蝇。

9.The ocean itself--that serene and tideless sea-lay scarce less hushed .
一平如镜的安宁的海面也十分静谧。

10.Fuelwood is becoming too expensive to buy and too scarce to gather .
薪材日益昂贵和稀缺,既买不起又拣不到。

 
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