paucity

英 [ˈpɔːsəti]

美 [ˈpɔːsəti]

n.  少量; 少许; 贫乏

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BNC.18824 / COCA.16637

牛津词典

noun

• 少量；少许；贫乏
  a small amount of sth; less than enough of sth
  1. a paucity of information
     信息的短缺

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 少量；不足；缺乏
  If you say that there is apaucity ofsomething, you mean that there is not enough of it.
  1. Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
     这部电影的结局可圈可点，即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。
  2. ...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
     英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏

英英释义

noun

• an insufficient quantity or number
  Synonym:dearth

双语例句

• Paucity of training is cited as one of the main reasons for the global nurse shortage.
  据称，缺少培训是全球护士短缺的主要原因之一。
• Despite the paucity of data-related to the use of influenza vaccines during the first-trimester of pregnancy, other inactivated vaccines ( e.g.-tetanus) have proved safe in this context.
  虽然目前关于在妊娠初期3个月内使用流感疫苗的资料还很少，但有其他灭活疫苗（如破伤风疫苗）已被证明在此期间可以安全使用。
• Money is pouring into the emerging world because of the paucity of returns in the developed world.
  由于发达世界回报率很低，资金正纷纷涌入新兴世界。
• In fact, if the paucity of database connections or the laggardly response of your database server is systemic, embedding one or more reverse proxies could beget widespread gain.
  实际上，如果数据库连接较少或者数据库服务器的响应速度较慢是整体性的，则嵌入一个或多个反向代理可以广泛获益。
• The paucity of advice on saying no is particularly bad when you consider how hard the word is to say.
  有关如何说不的建议寥寥，当你思考这个词有多难说出口时，这种情况尤其糟糕。
• You would feel ashamed of your paucity of abuse and ignorance of that noble man compared with what Saleeby has collected on the subject.
  跟撒里比在这个题目上所搜集的材料一比，你对那位高贵的人的毁访就会显得太无知，太贫乏，你应该感到惭愧。
• Women in nonscience jobs earn just three-quarters the salary accorded those in higher-tech fields, and the paucity of female scientists helps explain the overall wage gap between women and men.
  从事非科学工作的女性赚取的薪水，仅是高科技领域从业者的四分之三。女科学家的缺乏也有助于解释男性和女性之间的整体工资差距。
• The very paucity of evidence tells a tale.
  证据不足本身就颇说明问题。
• Companies often cite a paucity of domestic blue-collar workers as a barrier.
  台湾企业常常说，本地蓝领工人不足是妨碍他们在台湾投资的一个因素。
• The paucity of data regarding the Udokan deposit makes understanding this system difficult in terms of Earth history events.
  缺乏有关的数据，乌多坎的沉淀物不能顺应这种方式在长期的历史构成中。