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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• According to Mr Wolfers, the correlation was unclear in the past because of a paucity of data.
  根据Wolfers先生的观点，因数据缺乏，故在过去，收入与幸福间的关系晦暗不明。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。