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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

      • 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。