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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In fact, if the paucity of database connections or the laggardly response of your database server is systemic, embedding one or more reverse proxies could beget widespread gain.
  实际上，如果数据库连接较少或者数据库服务器的响应速度较慢是整体性的，则嵌入一个或多个反向代理可以广泛获益。
• The paucity of European strategic thinking is stunning.
  欧洲战略思想的匮乏程度令人震惊。
• Companies often cite a paucity of domestic blue-collar workers as a barrier.
  台湾企业常常说，本地蓝领工人不足是妨碍他们在台湾投资的一个因素。
• Fuling is enjoying the first trickle of prosperity. Yet many other small cities across China's vast interior are still waiting for improved rail and road connections, while a paucity of decent low-end housing is a growing social problem nationwide.
  涪陵正在逐渐繁荣起来，但中国广袤的内地还有许多其它小城市仍在等待铁路与公路网的完善，而低端体面住宅的缺乏，正日益成为全国性的社会问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。