Translation meaning & definition of the word "scarce" into Chinese (Simplified) language

adjective

1. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

• "Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

synonym:
• scarce

1. 与需求相比数量或数量不足

• "“干旱期间新鲜蔬菜稀缺”"

同义词:
• 稀缺

adverb

1. Only a very short time before

• "They could barely hear the speaker"

• "We hardly knew them"

• "Just missed being hit"

• "Had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"

• "Would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- w.b.yeats

synonym:
• barely
,
• hardly
,
• just
,
• scarcely
,
• scarce

1. 只是很短的时间

• "“他们几乎听不到说话者的声音”"

• "“我们几乎不认识他们”"

• "“只是错过了被击中”"

• "“门打开时几乎没有敲响钟声”"

• "“在她找到一些借口离开之前,她会稀缺的”-w.b. yeats

同义词:
• 几乎
,
• 只是
,
• 几乎不
,
• 稀缺

Examples of using

Apples are scarce this year.

今年苹果稀缺。

Is food scarce around here?

这里附近食物稀缺吗？

I've lived most of my life in the plains where trees and hills are scarce.

我一生的大部分时间都生活在树木和丘陵稀缺的平原上。

The trees were very scarce.

树木非常稀缺。

Records are particularly scarce for this era, perhaps owing to a long series of natural disasters which befell the capital.

在这个时代,记录尤其稀缺,这可能是由于一系列自然灾害席卷了首都。

Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.

电话亭在这里像母鸡的牙齿一样稀缺。

Oil is scarce in this country.

这个国家的石油稀缺。

The trees were very scarce.

树木非常稀缺。

The trees were very scarce.

树木非常稀缺。