scarcer

英 [ˈskeəsə]

美 [ˈskɛrsər]

adv.  勉强; 刚; 几乎不; 简直不
adj.  缺乏的; 不足的; 稀少的
scarce的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的
  If something isscarce, there is not enough of it.
  1. Food was scarce and expensive...
     食物供不应求，而且价格昂贵。
  2. Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.
     工作机会越来越少。
  3. ...the allocation of scarce resources.
     对稀缺资源的分配
• PHRASE (通常为避开难事或僵局)躲开，溜走，回避
  If youmake yourself scarce, you quickly leave the place you are in, usually in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation.
  1. It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce.
     你最好回避一下。

双语例句

• Annual US sales of light vehicles are expected to hit about 12m in 2009, from a peak of about 17m. Not only have consumers stopped spending money, but credit to buy a new car is much scarcer.
  预计美国轻型汽车今年的销售量将要从1700万辆的峰值下降到约1200万辆。不仅消费者停止了花钱，购买新车的贷款也少得多了。
• Higher production costs and scarcer supplies will tend to raise prices, so that workers can buy less with the same dollar wages;
  生产成本上升、供应减少，这些将迫使产品的价格上涨，劳工以同样的工资能买的东西因而更少了；
• Food is scarcer now thanks to market liberalisation, which helped to cut excess production and lower stocks.
  由于市场自由化削减了过剩的粮食产量并且降低了粮食存货，目前粮食出现了短缺。
• I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of ophir.
  我必使人比精金还少，使人比俄斐纯金更少。
• But businesses and householders at home will also soon be hurt by scarcer credit and rising interest rates, as the banks'higher funding costs are passed on.
  然而，由于银行高昂的筹资成本已全面波及，放贷紧缩，利率上涨，欧元区内企业和房主也将很快受到冲击。
• Professionally produced content, however, is likely to become much scarcer for those unwilling to pay for it.
  不过，对于不愿意付费的用户来说，专业内容可能会变得非常稀少。
• Light rare earths are relatively common and are by-products of producing heavy rare earths, which are scarcer and essential for certain speciality technology uses.
  轻稀土相对来说更为常见，是中重稀土生产过程的副产品；中重稀土则更为稀缺，对于某些专业技术用途而言是必不可少的原料。
• Gome has large amounts of short-term credit from suppliers, which is becoming scarcer.
  国美拥有大量来自供应商的短期信贷，而这种信贷正变得越来越稀缺。
• The shift has particularly benefited the price of coking coal, used for steelmaking and much scarcer than thermal coal, which fires power plants.
  这一变化尤其推高了炼焦煤的价格，炼焦煤用于炼钢，比用于燃煤电厂的动力煤稀缺得多。
• What could be scarcer or more precious than love?
  有什么比爱情更加稀缺和珍贵呢？