paucity
英 [ˈpɔːsəti]
美 [ˈpɔːsəti]
n. 少量; 少许; 贫乏
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- a paucity of information
信息的短缺
- a paucity of information
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.- 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。 - ...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏
- Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
英英释义
noun
- an insufficient quantity or number
双语例句
- 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。 - It is not a paucity of high-quality television.
眼下,高质量的电视节目不是太少,而是太多。 - Despite a paucity of data, one thing is clear, the UN says. The money that female migrants send back home can raise families and even entire communities out of poverty.
联合国表示:尽管缺乏相关数据,但有一点显而易见,即女性移民汇回国的资金,能使她们的家庭、甚至整个社区摆脱贫困。 - 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。 - 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。 - The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
因细胞稀少,结果常令人不满意。 - Their view is upheld by the paucity of reported cases where prenuptial agreements have been significant or successfully upheld.
在见诸报端的案件中,很少有婚前协议发挥了重大作用或得到成功支持的情况,这一事实也支持了他们的观点。 - These characteristics are concretely reflected in Japan's retrogression and paucity of support and in China's progress and abundance of support.
这个特点的具体反映是日本的退步和寡助,中国的进步和多助。 - 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。 - In the past, the paucity of surveillance systems has meant developing countries have lacked up-to-date information on diseases.
在过去,监测系统的缺乏意味着发展中国家缺乏关于疾病的最新信息。