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单词 paucity
释义
paucitypau‧ci‧ty /ˈpɔːsəti $ ˈpɒː-/ noun [singular] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpaucity
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French paucité, from Latin, from paucus ‘little’
Examples
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  • But there was a paucity of buyers.
  • It is not for economists, however, to be put off by a paucity of data.
  • It is the paucity of its retail base which is stunting growth.
  • The paucity of Reagan's legislative record after 1981 is reflected in Congressional Quarterly presidential support scores.
  • The lack of comprehension can be attributed in part to the paucity of electronic commerce applications that the consumer has personally experienced.
  • The relative paucity of material goods owned by Corpsmen is, in terms of transcultural perception, a complicating factor.
  • This paucity of information arises from the role that uncertainty has in quantum mechanics.
less than is needed of something SYN  lackpaucity of a paucity of information
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