paucity
英 [ˈpɔːsəti]
美 [ˈpɔːsəti]
n. 少量; 少许; 贫乏
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- a paucity of information
信息的短缺
- a paucity of information
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.- 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。 - ...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏
- Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
英英释义
noun
- an insufficient quantity or number
双语例句
- It is not a paucity of high-quality television.
眼下，高质量的电视节目不是太少，而是太多。 - These characteristics are concretely reflected in Japan's retrogression and paucity of support and in China's progress and abundance of support.
这个特点的具体反映是日本的退步和寡助，中国的进步和多助。 - 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。 - 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。 - The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
因细胞稀少，结果常令人不满意。 - 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。 - The very paucity of evidence tells a tale.
证据不足本身就颇说明问题。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。