dearth

英 [dɜːθ]

美 [dɜːrθ]

n.  缺乏; 不足

IELTSGRE

BNC.18535 / COCA.14013

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；不足
  a lack of sth; the fact of there not being enough of sth
  1. There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
     关于这个课题缺乏可靠资料。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 缺乏;不足
  If there isa dearth ofsomething, there is not enough of it.
  1. ...the dearth of good fiction by English authors.
     英国作家写的优秀小说少之又少

英英释义

noun

• an insufficient quantity or number
  Synonym:paucity
• an acute insufficiency
  Synonym:famineshortage

双语例句

• Such TV sets are already selling faster than the dearth of 3D content would suggest.
  3D电视机的销售速度已经超过了3D电视内容的贫乏所暗示的速度。
• In sum, technology has given us this surfeit of calories and dearth of energy expenditure.
  总而言之，技术给了我们过高的热量，又减少了能量支出。
• There is a particular dearth of managers in sectors such as real estate, retail and infrastructure.
  在房地产、零售及基础设施领域，特别缺乏这样的管理人员。
• We have no dearth of potential.
  我们并不缺乏潜力。
• The most plausible explanation lies in a glut of savings and a dearth of good investment projects.
  最合理的解释是储蓄过剩和缺乏良好的投资项目。
• There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
  关于这个课题还缺乏可靠资料。
• Many educated British women believe there is already a dearth of traditional husbands.
  很多接受良好教育的英国女性认为现在传统型丈夫已经太少了。
• The dearth of reliable economic measures provoked a minor revolution.
  缺乏可靠的经济衡量指标引发了一场小型革命。
• By contrast, its investment banking rivals have been shedding staff as the dearth of deals and the freeze in credit markets prompted them to cut costs.
  相比之下，其投行业务的竞争对手一直在裁减员工，因为交易不足和信贷市场冻结促使他们减少成本。
• The dearth of Java libraries that effectively use anonymous inner classes make this problem manifest.
  缺乏能够有效使用匿名内部类的Java库使问题更为明显。