paucity

noun

1. 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

1. N-SING 少量；不足；缺乏
   If you say that there is a paucity of something, 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

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. In fact, if the paucity of database connections or the laggardly response of your database server is systemic, embedding one or more reverse proxies could beget widespread gain.
   实际上，如果数据库连接较少或者数据库服务器的响应速度较慢是整体性的，则嵌入一个或多个反向代理可以广泛获益。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. It is not a paucity of high-quality television.
   眼下，高质量的电视节目不是太少，而是太多。
6. In patients whose aspergillosis is refractory to voriconazole, a paucity of data exist to guide management.
   很少资料可以用来指导治疗对伏立康唑不起反应的曲菌病。
7. 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。
8. It was an error; but ought not the paucity of this intelligence to be taken into consideration? Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.
   这是一种错误，不过，难道我们不应当去考虑他智力薄弱的一点？把虚荣加在一个智力薄弱的人的头上，是会发生各种危险的。
9. Analysts at Fortis Bank said in a recent report: We are becoming more concerned that the scope for production growth is reaching some upper limits, constrained by the paucity of geographic locations suitable for cocoa production.
   富通银行（FortisBank）分析师在最近的一份报告中称：我们越来越担心产量增长空间正接近上限，因为适合种植可可豆的地区很少。
10. 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。
11. Despite the paucity of data-related to the use of influenza vaccines during the first-trimester of pregnancy, other inactivated vaccines ( e.g.-tetanus) have proved safe in this context.
    虽然目前关于在妊娠初期3个月内使用流感疫苗的资料还很少，但有其他灭活疫苗（如破伤风疫苗）已被证明在此期间可以安全使用。
12. Paucity of data makes timely and accurate decision-making difficult.
    数据的匮乏是及时准确的决策变得很困难。
13. There is a paucity of scientific research work in this field.
    在这个领域中很少进行科研工作。
14. The paucity of data regarding the Udokan deposit makes understanding this system difficult in terms of Earth history events.
    缺乏有关的数据，乌多坎的沉淀物不能顺应这种方式在长期的历史构成中。
15. The paucity of European strategic thinking is stunning.
    欧洲战略思想的匮乏程度令人震惊。
16. Fuling is enjoying the first trickle of prosperity. Yet many other small cities across China's vast interior are still waiting for improved rail and road connections, while a paucity of decent low-end housing is a growing social problem nationwide.
    涪陵正在逐渐繁荣起来，但中国广袤的内地还有许多其它小城市仍在等待铁路与公路网的完善，而低端体面住宅的缺乏，正日益成为全国性的社会问题。
17. The very paucity of evidence tells a tale.
    证据不足本身就颇说明问题。
18. The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
    因细胞稀少，结果常令人不满意。
19. Their view is upheld by the paucity of reported cases where prenuptial agreements have been significant or successfully upheld.
    在见诸报端的案件中，很少有婚前协议发挥了重大作用或得到成功支持的情况，这一事实也支持了他们的观点。
20. In the past, the paucity of surveillance systems has meant developing countries have lacked up-to-date information on diseases.
    在过去，监测系统的缺乏意味着发展中国家缺乏关于疾病的最新信息。
21. 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。
22. Most households need a maximum of one lawyer; two constitutes an oversupply and can lead to a paucity of time, a surplus of money and a certain homogeneity in outlook.
    在大多数家庭，夫妻中有一个人做律师就足够了，两口子都干律师会造成供应过度，可能会面临时间不够、钱有富余和看法有些类似的情况。
23. 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。
24. Another reason for the paucity of data is the lack of disease surveillance in endemic countries.
    缺乏数据的另外一个原因是，疾病流行国家缺乏疾病监测。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. Paucity of training is cited as one of the main reasons for the global nurse shortage.
    据称，缺少培训是全球护士短缺的主要原因之一。
28. Money is pouring into the emerging world because of the paucity of returns in the developed world.
    由于发达世界回报率很低，资金正纷纷涌入新兴世界。
29. 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。

noun

1. an insufficient quantity or number

   Synonym:    dearth