paucity

英 ['pɔːsəti] 美 ['pɔːsəti]

• n. 少数；少量

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 少量
2. 缺乏
3. 少许
4. 贫乏
5. 少数
6. 不足

英英释义

Noun:

1. an insufficient quantity or number

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.
   水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的。
2. The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
   因细胞稀少，结果常令人不满意。

经典引文

• Electing such representatives to Parliament is made ridiculous by their paucity of numbers.

  出自： N. Mandela

• The place was spectacular only in the paucity of its ambitions.

  出自： M. Sawyer

近反义词

【近义词】

• scarcity 缺乏
• drought 干旱
• poverty 贫困
• absence 缺席
• dearth 缺乏
• rareness 稀罕
• scantiness 缺乏
• lack 缺乏
• rarity 稀有
• scarceness 缺乏,稀少