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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

      • The very paucity of evidence tells a tale.
        证据不足本身就颇说明问题。
      • Money is pouring into the emerging world because of the paucity of returns in the developed world.
        由于发达世界回报率很低,资金正纷纷涌入新兴世界。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • In the past, the paucity of surveillance systems has meant developing countries have lacked up-to-date information on diseases.
        在过去,监测系统的缺乏意味着发展中国家缺乏关于疾病的最新信息。
      • Their view is upheld by the paucity of reported cases where prenuptial agreements have been significant or successfully upheld.
        在见诸报端的案件中,很少有婚前协议发挥了重大作用或得到成功支持的情况,这一事实也支持了他们的观点。
      • 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。
      • According to Mr Wolfers, the correlation was unclear in the past because of a paucity of data.
        根据Wolfers先生的观点,因数据缺乏,故在过去,收入与幸福间的关系晦暗不明。
      • Paucity of training is cited as one of the main reasons for the global nurse shortage.
        据称,缺少培训是全球护士短缺的主要原因之一。
      • 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。