dearth

英 [dɜːθ]

美 [dɜːrθ]

n.  缺乏; 不足

IELTSGRE

BNC.18535 / COCA.14013

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；不足
  a lack of sth; the fact of there not being enough of sth
  1. There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
     关于这个课题缺乏可靠资料。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 缺乏;不足
  If there isa dearth ofsomething, there is not enough of it.
  1. ...the dearth of good fiction by English authors.
     英国作家写的优秀小说少之又少

英英释义

noun

• an insufficient quantity or number
  Synonym:paucity
• an acute insufficiency
  Synonym:famineshortage

双语例句

• The dearth of Java libraries that effectively use anonymous inner classes make this problem manifest.
  缺乏能够有效使用匿名内部类的Java库使问题更为明显。
• Given the dearth of renminbi-denominated financial assets available offshore, most investors have few options besides low-yielding deposits.
  鉴于离岸市场上以人民币计价的金融资产少之又少，除了低收益的存款之外，大部分投资者的选择很少。
• The dearth of reliable economic measures provoked a minor revolution.
  缺乏可靠的经济衡量指标引发了一场小型革命。
• A dearth of childcare, financial insecurity and gloom about the future have all been blamed for the lack of children in Japan.
  儿童保育的缺乏、财政安全的不确定、以及对未来的忧虑都被归结于日本缺少儿童，因而被倍加指责。
• Low interest rates and easy credit have given way to a dearth of liquidity and capital problems in the banks amid slowing global growth and trade.
  在全球增长和贸易日渐下滑的背景下，低利率和宽松的信贷导致各银行出现大量流动性和资本问题。
• In our dearth of ack-ack guns all sorts of contrivances were used.
  在缺少高射炮的时候，我们利用了各种各样的巧妙方法。
• Many educated British women believe there is already a dearth of traditional husbands.
  很多接受良好教育的英国女性认为现在传统型丈夫已经太少了。
• In sum, technology has given us this surfeit of calories and dearth of energy expenditure.
  总而言之，技术给了我们过高的热量，又减少了能量支出。
• By contrast, its investment banking rivals have been shedding staff as the dearth of deals and the freeze in credit markets prompted them to cut costs.
  相比之下，其投行业务的竞争对手一直在裁减员工，因为交易不足和信贷市场冻结促使他们减少成本。
• In developing countries themselves, the dearth of policy and research programmes on chronic diseases stems from two problems.
  对于发展中国家一方，关于慢性病的政策和研究项目的缺乏来自两个原因。