英语词汇“scarce”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

scarce

/skɛːs

adjective

1(Especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand: as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed...

This was compounded by a growing competition for scarce food resources.
They saw their families and communities through difficult times, when money was scarce and the demands of rural life were very demanding.
This may be so fundamental to the business that diverting scarce resources and money into longer-term plans would be wrong.

Synonyms

in short supply, short, scant, scanty, meagre, sparse, hard to find, hard to come by, not enough, too little, insufficient, deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting;

at a premium, like gold dust, not to be had, scarcer than hen's teeth;

paltry, negligible, thin

informal not to be had for love nor money

rare exiguous

1.1Occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare: the freshwater shrimp becomes scarce in soft water...

Tatum rabbet planes are scarce to rare and this was a nice example.
They were the secret of that period of time. They are still fairly rare, fairly scarce.
In some ways it can be considered as a miniature flora of an area, highlighting the locally rare and scarce species.

Synonyms

rare, few and far between, thin on the ground, seldom seen/found;

uncommon, unusual, infrequent;

British out of the common

adverb archaic

Scarcely: a babe scarce two years old...

In recent years, the beleaguered couple have been scarce on the social scene.
I went to the bucket but there was scarce any left.
At that moment the beast-man charged the Kshatriya; Viro scarce had time to roll.

Phrases

make oneself scarce

Derivatives

scarceness

/ˈskɛːsnəs/ noun ...

This last component supposedly arose in response to the scarceness of Arabic speakers in America's armed forces and intelligence organizations.
The eiresione and the first-fruit sacrifice are typical signs of seasonal renewal: the first signs of coming prosperity after the scarceness of the winter period.
Munificence relates to the scarceness of environment resources that support firm growth in a given industry.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'restricted in quantity or size', also 'parsimonious'): from a shortening of Anglo-Norman escars, from a Romance word meaning 'plucked out, selected'.

单词	scarce
释义	scarce /skɛːs / adjective 1(Especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand: as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed... This was compounded by a growing competition for scarce food resources. They saw their families and communities through difficult times, when money was scarce and the demands of rural life were very demanding. This may be so fundamental to the business that diverting scarce resources and money into longer-term plans would be wrong. Synonyms in short supply, short, scant, scanty, meagre, sparse, hard to find, hard to come by, not enough, too little, insufficient, deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting; at a premium, like gold dust, not to be had, scarcer than hen's teeth; paltry, negligible, thin informal not to be had for love nor money rare exiguous 1.1Occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare: the freshwater shrimp becomes scarce in soft water... Tatum rabbet planes are scarce to rare and this was a nice example. They were the secret of that period of time. They are still fairly rare, fairly scarce. In some ways it can be considered as a miniature flora of an area, highlighting the locally rare and scarce species. Synonyms rare, few and far between, thin on the ground, seldom seen/found; uncommon, unusual, infrequent; British out of the common adverb archaic Scarcely: a babe scarce two years old... In recent years, the beleaguered couple have been scarce on the social scene. I went to the bucket but there was scarce any left. At that moment the beast-man charged the Kshatriya; Viro scarce had time to roll. Phrases make oneself scarce Derivatives scarceness /ˈskɛːsnəs/ noun ... This last component supposedly arose in response to the scarceness of Arabic speakers in America's armed forces and intelligence organizations. The eiresione and the first-fruit sacrifice are typical signs of seasonal renewal: the first signs of coming prosperity after the scarceness of the winter period. Munificence relates to the scarceness of environment resources that support firm growth in a given industry. Origin Middle English (in the sense 'restricted in quantity or size', also 'parsimonious'): from a shortening of Anglo-Norman escars, from a Romance word meaning 'plucked out, selected'.
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