scarcity

/'skɑ:siti/

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大学英语六级 GRE

中文翻译

n. 缺乏, 不足, 缺少

[经] 缺乏, 不足

英文解释

n. a small and inadequate amount

词态变化

复数形式:scarcities

常见例句

It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity

n noteworthy scarcity

noteworthy scarcity n

a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v

n the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel) n a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) v restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war v distribute in rations, as in the army