scarcer

英 [ˈskeəsə]

美 [ˈskɛrsər]

adv.  勉强; 刚; 几乎不; 简直不
adj.  缺乏的; 不足的; 稀少的
scarce的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的
  If something isscarce, there is not enough of it.
  1. Food was scarce and expensive...
     食物供不应求，而且价格昂贵。
  2. Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.
     工作机会越来越少。
  3. ...the allocation of scarce resources.
     对稀缺资源的分配
• PHRASE (通常为避开难事或僵局)躲开，溜走，回避
  If youmake yourself scarce, you quickly leave the place you are in, usually in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation.
  1. It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce.
     你最好回避一下。

双语例句

• To avoid similar credit crises in the future, thrift must replace leverage and scarcer capital has to be invested more productively.
  为避免今后发生类似的信贷危机，必须以节俭取代举债行为，更为稀缺的资金必须进行更具生产性的投资。
• However, for those scarcer materials Chinese export restrictions were not fully effective, and small producers continued to sell to other countries in spite of the official curbs.
  然而，对于这些更为稀有的原料，中国的出口限制并不完全起效，尽管存在官方限制，但一些小型生产商继续将这些材料出售给其他国家。
• Professionally produced content, however, is likely to become much scarcer for those unwilling to pay for it.
  不过，对于不愿意付费的用户来说，专业内容可能会变得非常稀少。
• The growing popularity of sushi and sashimi around the world has led to greater competition for scarcer supplies of tuna, particularly from emerging markets such as China and Russia.
  金枪鱼资源本来就稀少，而随着寿司和生鱼片在全球日益受到欢迎，各国对愈加稀缺的金枪鱼供应展开了更为激烈的竞争，特别是中国和俄罗斯等新兴市场。
• Higher production costs and scarcer supplies will tend to raise prices, so that workers can buy less with the same dollar wages;
  生产成本上升、供应减少，这些将迫使产品的价格上涨，劳工以同样的工资能买的东西因而更少了；
• The shift has particularly benefited the price of coking coal, used for steelmaking and much scarcer than thermal coal, which fires power plants.
  这一变化尤其推高了炼焦煤的价格，炼焦煤用于炼钢，比用于燃煤电厂的动力煤稀缺得多。
• Shoes and clothing for the army were scarce, ordnance supplies and drugs were scarcer.
  军队很缺鞋和衣服，武器供应和药品就更少了。
• What could be scarcer or more precious than love?
  有什么比爱情更加稀缺和珍贵呢？
• Gome has large amounts of short-term credit from suppliers, which is becoming scarcer.
  国美拥有大量来自供应商的短期信贷，而这种信贷正变得越来越稀缺。
• The big western oil companies are trying to expand through acquisitions and investment, but the opportunities do so are becoming scarcer.
  大型的西部石油公司想通过收购或者投资来扩大规模，但是可以这么做的机会变的越来越小。