dearth

英 [dɜːθ]

美 [dɜːrθ]

n.  缺乏; 不足

IELTSGRE

BNC.18535 / COCA.14013

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；不足
  a lack of sth; the fact of there not being enough of sth
  1. There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
     关于这个课题缺乏可靠资料。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 缺乏;不足
  If there isa dearth ofsomething, there is not enough of it.
  1. ...the dearth of good fiction by English authors.
     英国作家写的优秀小说少之又少

英英释义

noun

• an insufficient quantity or number
  Synonym:paucity
• an acute insufficiency
  Synonym:famineshortage

双语例句

• By contrast, its investment banking rivals have been shedding staff as the dearth of deals and the freeze in credit markets prompted them to cut costs.
  相比之下，其投行业务的竞争对手一直在裁减员工，因为交易不足和信贷市场冻结促使他们减少成本。
• Low interest rates and easy credit have given way to a dearth of liquidity and capital problems in the banks amid slowing global growth and trade.
  在全球增长和贸易日渐下滑的背景下，低利率和宽松的信贷导致各银行出现大量流动性和资本问题。
• Passengers are lured by attractive prices and a dearth of transpacific nonstop flights from China.
  这既是因为乘客们受到了有吸引力的机票价格的诱惑，也是因为从中国到北美的直达航班数量不足。
• Observers of the US political scene complain about a dearth of leadership.
  美国政坛的观察家抱怨美国政界缺乏领导力。
• The result: a dearth of skills and knowledge to satisfy economic demand.
  这种情况导致的结果是：技术和知识工人严重缺乏，难以满足巴西经济的需要。
• The dearth of Java libraries that effectively use anonymous inner classes make this problem manifest.
  缺乏能够有效使用匿名内部类的Java库使问题更为明显。
• In our dearth of ack-ack guns all sorts of contrivances were used.
  在缺少高射炮的时候，我们利用了各种各样的巧妙方法。
• Low mineral prices were only partly to blame for the dearth of investment to finance exploration and development.
  矿产价格低是缺少对勘探和开发进行投资的部分原因。
• This dearth of managers creates several risks.
  管理者的稀缺造成了一些风险。
• Many educated British women believe there is already a dearth of traditional husbands.
  很多接受良好教育的英国女性认为现在传统型丈夫已经太少了。