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scarcity

/skair-si-tee/US // ˈskɛər sɪ ti //UK // (ˈskɛəsɪtɪ) //

稀缺性,稀缺,匮乏,稀少

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural scar·ci·ties.

    • : insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
    • : rarity; infrequency.

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Examples

  • Over the past decade, a scarcity of risk capital has meant that funding for new explorations has been low.

  • However, the assumption that most pervades decision making in our era is scarcity.

  • The relative scarcity of lithium also means they’re unlikely to be able to meet all our energy needs.

  • Paradoxically, it is the very scarcity of lefties that creates the surplus.

  • Using scarcity, urgency, and exclusivity to influence your potential customers into buying can significantly improve your conversions.

  • Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.

  • That kind of fact-finding—often amid a scarcity of facts—would be for a jury to determine.

  • One of the most painful and confusing paradoxes of life today concerns our sensation of scarcity amid plenty.

  • Meerson traces this scarcity of one-man performers back to a culture of collectivism that predates even the Communist revolution.

  • Inside of prison, even our privileged American prison, scarcity is just as much of an issue as it was in the Gulag.

  • And he was inclined to believe that it was Grandfather Mole that was to blame for the scarcity of worms in the neighborhood.

  • For many years there had been great scarcity in both countries, a natural consequence of predatory warfare.

  • This defeat was followed by suffering and privations, from the scarcity of provisions and water.

  • Private employers complain of scarcity and the unreliability of the unskilled labourer.

  • There was a scarcity of food and clothing for the Confederates; the cold climate was most uncomfortable and demoralizing for them.