scarce

/skairs/US // skɛərs //UK // (skɛəs) //

稀缺,缺少,匮乏,紧张

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
scarc·er, scarc·est.
- : insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- : seldom met with; rare: a scarce book.

adv.副词 adverb

adj.insufficient, infrequent

Synonyms

The evidence is scarce, but since we don’t have more information, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
The last year was the clearest example yet of what can happen when we allow stable housing options to become scarce.
Larger stones are more scarce, but a larger stone is not necessarily more valuable.
With vaccinations off to a rocky start globally, experts had been counting on a one-dose vaccine that would stretch scarce supplies and avoid the logistics nightmare of getting people to return for boosters.
Food is scarce, and the rodents vigorously attack intruders from other colonies.
Now, visitors are scarce and the jungle is taking over, leaving some locals nostalgic.
We fight over their ownership and control, as if reality were a resource as scarce as the water and oil in Mad Max.
In a country where food was already scarce, slimmed-down portions could be the difference between life and death.
After two decades of war, even the most basic infrastructure is scarce.
Food is becoming scarce, which has led to prices increasing beyond the reach of ordinary people.
And the girl, scarce believing her good fortune, departed with a speed that bordered on the ludicrous.

/skairs/US // skɛərs //UK // (skɛəs) //

稀缺,缺少,匮乏,紧张

adj.形容词 adjective

1
scarc·er, scarc·est.
- : insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- : seldom met with; rare: a scarce book.

adv.副词 adverb

adj.insufficient, infrequent

Synonyms

The evidence is scarce, but since we don’t have more information, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
The last year was the clearest example yet of what can happen when we allow stable housing options to become scarce.
Larger stones are more scarce, but a larger stone is not necessarily more valuable.
With vaccinations off to a rocky start globally, experts had been counting on a one-dose vaccine that would stretch scarce supplies and avoid the logistics nightmare of getting people to return for boosters.
Food is scarce, and the rodents vigorously attack intruders from other colonies.
Now, visitors are scarce and the jungle is taking over, leaving some locals nostalgic.
We fight over their ownership and control, as if reality were a resource as scarce as the water and oil in Mad Max.
In a country where food was already scarce, slimmed-down portions could be the difference between life and death.
After two decades of war, even the most basic infrastructure is scarce.
Food is becoming scarce, which has led to prices increasing beyond the reach of ordinary people.
And the girl, scarce believing her good fortune, departed with a speed that bordered on the ludicrous.