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

• It was an error; but ought not the paucity of this intelligence to be taken into consideration? Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.
  这是一种错误，不过，难道我们不应当去考虑他智力薄弱的一点？把虚荣加在一个智力薄弱的人的头上，是会发生各种危险的。
• You would feel ashamed of your paucity of abuse and ignorance of that noble man compared with what Saleeby has collected on the subject.
  跟撒里比在这个题目上所搜集的材料一比，你对那位高贵的人的毁访就会显得太无知，太贫乏，你应该感到惭愧。
• 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。
• Paucity of data makes timely and accurate decision-making difficult.
  数据的匮乏是及时准确的决策变得很困难。
• 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。
• But, as the European Central Bank recently observed in a fascinating report, regulators are finding it tough to assess whether the net risks are being handled sensibly, since there is a paucity of detailed counterparty data.
  但正如欧洲央行（ECB）最近在一份极具吸引力的报告中所指出的，监管者发现，很难评估对净风险的处理是否明智，因为详细的对手数据存在不透明性。
• 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。
• There is a paucity of scientific research work in this field.
  在这个领域中很少进行科研工作。
• The paucity of advice on saying no is particularly bad when you consider how hard the word is to say.
  有关如何说不的建议寥寥，当你思考这个词有多难说出口时，这种情况尤其糟糕。
• Despite a paucity of data, one thing is clear, the UN says. The money that female migrants send back home can raise families and even entire communities out of poverty.
  联合国表示：尽管缺乏相关数据，但有一点显而易见，即女性移民汇回国的资金，能使她们的家庭、甚至整个社区摆脱贫困。