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

• Consider the three ingredients for recession: a credit crunch, tighter fiscal policy and a dearth of confidence.
  衰退的三个要素分别是：信用崩溃、更加紧缩的财政政策，以及信心的死亡。
• There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
  关于这个课题还缺乏可靠资料。
• Many educated British women believe there is already a dearth of traditional husbands.
  很多接受良好教育的英国女性认为现在传统型丈夫已经太少了。
• We have no dearth of potential.
  我们并不缺乏潜力。
• 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。
• Low mineral prices were only partly to blame for the dearth of investment to finance exploration and development.
  矿产价格低是缺少对勘探和开发进行投资的部分原因。
• Uncertainty over healthcare reform and a dearth of funding for biotechnology companies since the crisis have dented revenue recently.
  美国医疗改革方面的不确定性以及自危机爆发以来生物技术公司所面临的资金短缺，近来已影响了公司收入。
• A dearth of technical talent seems to be another widespread problem.
  缺乏技术人才则是这个行业的另一个普遍问题。
• Turns out, the advertising innovation promising better tracking actually suffers from a dearth of reliable public data.
  事实上，尽管这项广告创新技术意味着广告客户能更好地追踪客户，但它却缺乏可靠的公共数据。
• 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。