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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

      • 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。
      • 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。
      • Despite the paucity of data-related to the use of influenza vaccines during the first-trimester of pregnancy, other inactivated vaccines ( e.g.-tetanus) have proved safe in this context.
        虽然目前关于在妊娠初期3个月内使用流感疫苗的资料还很少,但有其他灭活疫苗(如破伤风疫苗)已被证明在此期间可以安全使用。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • Fuling is enjoying the first trickle of prosperity. Yet many other small cities across China's vast interior are still waiting for improved rail and road connections, while a paucity of decent low-end housing is a growing social problem nationwide.
        涪陵正在逐渐繁荣起来,但中国广袤的内地还有许多其它小城市仍在等待铁路与公路网的完善,而低端体面住宅的缺乏,正日益成为全国性的社会问题。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • The paucity of data regarding the Udokan deposit makes understanding this system difficult in terms of Earth history events.
        缺乏有关的数据,乌多坎的沉淀物不能顺应这种方式在长期的历史构成中。