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paucity

/paw-si-tee/US // ˈpɔ sɪ ti //UK // (ˈpɔːsɪtɪ) //

贫乏,少数,少量,少量的

Related Words

smallness小国,小巧,小规模,小型insufficiency不足,不充分,不够用,不充足dearth匮乏,缺少,贫乏,匮乏的paltriness苍白,悸动,苍白无力,肥胖scantiness稀少,匮乏,稀缺性,稀少性scarceness稀缺性,匮乏,稀缺,匮乏性rarity稀有性,稀缺性,罕见,稀有famine饥荒,饥馑,饥饿,灾情deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足absence没有,缺席,缺少,不存在shortage缺少,短缺,不足,不足之处meagerness渴望,温柔,我的心态,我的心poverty贫困,贫穷,贫困问题,穷困slightness轻微,微不足道,轻微的,轻视fewness少数,少数人,少数派,寥寥无几sparseness稀疏性,稀疏,稀疏度,稀少性slenderness苗条程度,苗条性,纤细,苗条度sparsity稀疏度,稀疏性,稀疏,稀少

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
    • : smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounlack, scarcity
Synonyms
dearth匮乏,缺少,贫乏,匮乏的insufficiency不足,不充分,不够用,不充足smallness小国,小巧,小规模,小型absence没有,缺席,缺少,不存在deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足famine饥荒,饥馑,饥饿,灾情fewness少数,少数人,少数派,寥寥无几meagerness渴望,温柔,我的心态,我的心paltriness苍白,悸动,苍白无力,肥胖poverty贫困,贫穷,贫困问题,穷困rarity稀有性,稀缺性,罕见,稀有scantiness稀少,匮乏,稀缺性,稀少性scarceness稀缺性,匮乏,稀缺,匮乏性shortage缺少,短缺,不足,不足之处slenderness苗条程度,苗条性,纤细,苗条度slightness轻微,微不足道,轻微的,轻视sparseness稀疏性,稀疏,稀疏度,稀少性sparsity稀疏度,稀疏性,稀疏,稀少insufficience不足,不够用,不充分,不够

Examples

  • The paucity is particularly problematic when it comes to data, analytics and marketing science roles, which just so happen to be heavily in demand as companies cultivate their cookieless capabilities.

  • Part of that lies in the paucity of documentation of what the Vikings actually did during their raids.

  • Moreover, the long moratorium has resulted in a paucity of qualified experts to research firearm injuries.

  • Poor health care, a paucity of jobs, and a sense of instability is now taking its toll.

  • The paucity of women in STEM is not just a problem for New York.

  • A former studio chief agrees that the paucity of stars under 30 is a serious problem for the studios.

  • The marked feature of this period is the paucity of statutory enactment affecting relief.

  • The paucity of material from the mainland, adjacent to Dolphin Island, may be significant.

  • In reviewing this history, we cannot help regreting the specimen it affords of the paucity of real Christians.

  • Mademoiselle's thin lips were moving as if she were whispering to the God whom she served with such a remarkable paucity of words.

  • The paucity of specimens of Chelydra from Central America has resulted in rather inadequate diagnoses of various populations.

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