| 单词 | scarcity |
| 释义 | scarcity (skeəʳsɪti ) Word forms: scarcities variable noun If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it. [formal] ...an ever-increasing scarcity of water. [+ of] Synonyms: shortage, lack, deficiency, poverty Collocations: scarcity of supply During the first half of the year prices surged, driven by a scarcity of supply, particularly of family houses. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The result of this reluctance for upheaval is a scarcity of supply of homes for sale. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Will scarcity of supply keep pushing up prices? Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 缺乏 Japanese: 不足 |
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