| 单词 | paucity |
| 释义 | paucity (once / 8312 pages) n The word paucity means not enough of something. If you've got a paucity of good cheer, for example, you'd better cheer up! One good way to remember the meaning of paucity is that it's a bit like pauper, as in The Prince and the Pauper. The prince had too much money, and the pauper had a paucity. There are a lot of words that mean "little" or "small," but paucity is used when you mean specifically "not enough" or "too little." People in LA don't understand how New Yorkers can live with such a paucity of space. For what New Yorkers pay for a tiny apartment, Angelenos get a house and a yard. WORD FAMILYpaucity USAGE EXAMPLESThe plan will result in towering structures in the wrong places, a paucity of parks, crowded schools and a continuation of nightmare-inducing traffic. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Such questions run up against the central agony of writing about Bach: the paucity of biographical information. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) But the paucity of prospective candidates younger than 70 reflects a problem for the Democrats. Wall Street Journal(Dec 14, 2016) n an insufficient quantity or number Syn|Hyper dearth scarceness, scarcity a small and inadequate amount |
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