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

adjective

1. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

• "Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

synonym:
• scarce

1. 與需求相比數量或數量不足

• "“乾旱期間新鮮蔬菜稀缺”"

同義詞:
• 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. 只是很短的時間

• "“他們幾乎聽不到演講者的聲音”"

• "“我們幾乎不認識他們”"

• "“只是錯過了被擊中”"

• "“門打開時幾乎沒有敲鐘”"

• "“在她找到藉口離開之前,稀缺會到來”-w.b. yeats

同義詞:
• 幾乎
,
• 只是
,
• 幾乎不
,
• 稀缺

Examples of using

Apples are scarce this year.

蘋果今年稀缺。

Is food scarce around here?

這裡的食物稀缺嗎？

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

我一生的大部分時間都住在樹木和丘陵稀缺的平原上。

The trees were very scarce.

樹木非常稀缺。

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

在這個時代,記錄尤其稀缺,這可能是由於首都遭受了一系列自然災害。

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

電話亭和這裡的母雞一樣稀缺。

Oil is scarce in this country.

這個國家的石油稀缺。

The trees were very scarce.

樹木非常稀缺。

The trees were very scarce.

樹木非常稀缺。