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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 European strategic thinking is stunning.
  欧洲战略思想的匮乏程度令人震惊。
• In patients whose aspergillosis is refractory to voriconazole, a paucity of data exist to guide management.
  很少资料可以用来指导治疗对伏立康唑不起反应的曲菌病。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。