dearth

英 [dɜːθ]

美 [dɜːrθ]

n.  缺乏; 不足

IELTSGRE

BNC.18535 / COCA.14013

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；不足
  a lack of sth; the fact of there not being enough of sth
  1. There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
     关于这个课题缺乏可靠资料。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 缺乏;不足
  If there isa dearth ofsomething, there is not enough of it.
  1. ...the dearth of good fiction by English authors.
     英国作家写的优秀小说少之又少

英英释义

noun

• an insufficient quantity or number
  Synonym:paucity
• an acute insufficiency
  Synonym:famineshortage

双语例句

• There is a dearth of good restaurants in this area.
  这个地方缺乏好的餐馆。
• Such TV sets are already selling faster than the dearth of 3D content would suggest.
  3D电视机的销售速度已经超过了3D电视内容的贫乏所暗示的速度。
• By contrast, its investment banking rivals have been shedding staff as the dearth of deals and the freeze in credit markets prompted them to cut costs.
  相比之下，其投行业务的竞争对手一直在裁减员工，因为交易不足和信贷市场冻结促使他们减少成本。
• Even bankers complain about a dearth of new technologies in which to invest.
  甚至连银行家都抱怨，可以投资的新科技寥寥无几。
• In our dearth of ack-ack guns all sorts of contrivances were used.
  在缺少高射炮的时候，我们利用了各种各样的巧妙方法。
• Passengers are lured by attractive prices and a dearth of transpacific nonstop flights from China.
  这既是因为乘客们受到了有吸引力的机票价格的诱惑，也是因为从中国到北美的直达航班数量不足。
• The most plausible explanation lies in a glut of savings and a dearth of good investment projects.
  最合理的解释是储蓄过剩和缺乏良好的投资项目。
• However, a dearth of infrastructure in Brazil portends higher prices before farmers there will sow new areas.
  但巴西基础设施建设不足，预示着价格的继续上涨可能会促使该国农民扩大种植面积。
• Given the dearth of renminbi-denominated financial assets available offshore, most investors have few options besides low-yielding deposits.
  鉴于离岸市场上以人民币计价的金融资产少之又少，除了低收益的存款之外，大部分投资者的选择很少。
• The dearth of Java libraries that effectively use anonymous inner classes make this problem manifest.
  缺乏能够有效使用匿名内部类的Java库使问题更为明显。