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 so, expert opinion and Cochrane reviews do not recommend this practice because of the paucity of data regarding safety and resistance and the absence of adequately powered, multicenter trials.
  尽管至这样，专家意见和Cochrane综述不推荐该应用，因为认为其安全性、耐药性和充分的可操作性的数据贫乏。
• 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。
• 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。
• But, as the European Central Bank recently observed in a fascinating report, regulators are finding it tough to assess whether the net risks are being handled sensibly, since there is a paucity of detailed counterparty data.
  但正如欧洲央行（ECB）最近在一份极具吸引力的报告中所指出的，监管者发现，很难评估对净风险的处理是否明智，因为详细的对手数据存在不透明性。
• 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。
• Despite a paucity of data, one thing is clear, the UN says. The money that female migrants send back home can raise families and even entire communities out of poverty.
  联合国表示：尽管缺乏相关数据，但有一点显而易见，即女性移民汇回国的资金，能使她们的家庭、甚至整个社区摆脱贫困。
• These characteristics are concretely reflected in Japan's retrogression and paucity of support and in China's progress and abundance of support.
  这个特点的具体反映是日本的退步和寡助，中国的进步和多助。
• 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。
• The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
  因细胞稀少，结果常令人不满意。