scarcity

noun

1. 缺乏；不足；稀少
   if there is a scarcity of sth, there is not enough of it and it is difficult to obtain it
   1. a time of scarcity
      物资短缺时期
   2. a scarcity of resources
      资源短缺

1. N-VAR 缺乏;不足;稀少
   If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it.
   1. ...an ever increasing scarcity of water.
      水资源的日益匮乏

1. This scarcity is inevitable in less developed countries.
   这一匮乏在欠发达国家不可避免。
2. Their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity
   它们的价格几乎完全取决于它们的稀有程度。
3. He says widespread use of the technology will automatically solve many of Korea's environmental and fuel scarcity problems.
   他说，这项技术的广泛使用将自动解决韩国许多环境问题和燃油短缺问题。
4. As demand? and prices? rise, a scarcity of fossil fuels will bring economic restructuring.
   随着需求增加和价格的上涨，化石燃料的短缺将引发经济重组。
5. However, these animation but because the TV channels of space constraints and the scarcity of hard ISBN released.
   但这些动漫却由于电视频道空间和书号稀缺的限制而难以发表。
6. The important problems we are up against are how to conquer poverty and scarcity.
   我们面临的主要问题是如何征服贫穷和匮乏。
7. However, this reformatory measure, while somewhat easing ticket scarcity, creates new problems.
   然而，这一改革性举措，对票源紧缺虽有所缓解，也带来了某些新问题。
8. However, theories in this field are in scarcity because of the long neglect of the service industry.
   然而在理论上，由于服务业长期被忽视，服务企业经营模式的理论研究非常缺乏。
9. Food scarcity will be a recurring problem in the future.
   食物短缺将是未来不断出现的一个问题。
10. The reason for this is the scarcity of resources – and the demands that will be put on them.
    其中的原因在于资源的稀缺性，以及对资源的需求。
11. Is water scarcity being caused by climate change?
    水短缺是由气候变化引起的吗？
12. Both follow the cost-benefit principle based on natural resource scarcity.
    两者都遵循基于自然资源稀缺性的成本与效益原则。
13. One of the greatest threats to water security is simply scarcity, where demand outstrips supply.
    对水安全的最大威胁之一就是缺水，即需求超出了供应。
14. The first is rooted in scarcity and traditional power politics.
    第一种来源于能源的稀缺和传统的强权政治。
15. The finiteness of natural resources determines its scarcity.
    自然资源的有限性决定了资源的稀缺性。
16. But China not only has to tackle the current drought, but also long-term general water scarcity.
    中国不仅仅是要解决当前的干旱问题，也是要解决长期的水资源缺乏。
17. Prices have been pushed up by rising fuel costs as well as by scarcity.
    粮食短缺和燃料价格的上涨也使粮价水涨船高。
18. Costs, not physical scarcity, are the only economic test of a shortage of natural resources.
    自然资源匮乏的唯一经济判断是成本，而不是实物的稀缺。
19. This is why we cannot make real progress in worldwide development without addressing the water scarcity issue.
    这也就是我们在解决水短缺问题之前无法在全球发展方面取得实质性进展的原因。
20. The social, political, and economic toll of water scarcity is enormous.
    缺水导致的社会、政治和经济代价是巨大的。
21. In a situation of water scarcity, agriculture, inland fisheries and aquaculture are expected to be significantly impacted.
    在水资源短缺的情况下，农业、内陆渔业和水产养殖业预计将受到较大的冲击。
22. Much more interesting are his creative solutions to the scarcity problem.
    更有趣的，是他解决稀缺问题的创造性方法。
23. The world would move from a state of energy scarcity to an era of inexhaustible energy resources.
    世界将从一个能源缺乏的状态进入一个拥有无穷无尽能源的时代。
24. How serious is the problem of water scarcity?
    水短缺问题有多严重？
25. Absent scarcity and alternative uses of available resources, there is no economic problem.
    如果没有短缺和替代利用现有资源，也没有经济问题。
26. Locally, increasing pollution and the scarcity and rising costs of raw materials are creating their own pressures.
    就国内而言，污染日益恶化，以及原材料紧缺和成本不断上涨，都给中国造成了压力。
27. Scarcity has created a ludicrously inflated market.
    稀缺性造就了一个膨胀得荒唐的市场。
28. We know that water scarcity has a direct impact on human health and well-being.
    我们知道，缺水直接影响人类健康和福祉。
29. Economics must still contend with scarcity as a basic fact of life.
    经济学仍然必须和稀缺相周旋，把稀缺当作生活中一种基本的事实。
30. The underlying reason is the scarcity of quality educational resources, the system of non-equilibrium.
    其深层缘由在于优质教育资源的稀缺、制度的非平衡。

noun

1. a small and inadequate amount

   Synonym:    scarceness