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

• 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。
• 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。
• There is a paucity of scientific research work in this field.
  在这个领域中很少进行科研工作。
• 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。
• Another reason for the paucity of data is the lack of disease surveillance in endemic countries.
  缺乏数据的另外一个原因是，疾病流行国家缺乏疾病监测。
• It was an error; but ought not the paucity of this intelligence to be taken into consideration? Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.
  这是一种错误，不过，难道我们不应当去考虑他智力薄弱的一点？把虚荣加在一个智力薄弱的人的头上，是会发生各种危险的。
• In patients whose aspergillosis is refractory to voriconazole, a paucity of data exist to guide management.
  很少资料可以用来指导治疗对伏立康唑不起反应的曲菌病。
• Paucity of data makes timely and accurate decision-making difficult.
  数据的匮乏是及时准确的决策变得很困难。
• Analysts at Fortis Bank said in a recent report: We are becoming more concerned that the scope for production growth is reaching some upper limits, constrained by the paucity of geographic locations suitable for cocoa production.
  富通银行（FortisBank）分析师在最近的一份报告中称：我们越来越担心产量增长空间正接近上限，因为适合种植可可豆的地区很少。
• Most households need a maximum of one lawyer; two constitutes an oversupply and can lead to a paucity of time, a surplus of money and a certain homogeneity in outlook.
  在大多数家庭，夫妻中有一个人做律师就足够了，两口子都干律师会造成供应过度，可能会面临时间不够、钱有富余和看法有些类似的情况。