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

• And yet pure iron is scarcer than gold or diamonds.
  然而纯铁比黄金或金刚石还罕见。
• Relatively, gold becomes scarcer and men are willing to exchange more commodities for a given amount of it& in other words, prices fall and the deflation is on.
  相对而言，黄金变得更加稀有，人们愿意用更多的商品换取一定数量的黄金&换句话说，商品价格开始下跌，通货紧缩开始出现。
• The world was in for a bumpy ride, it said, with competition for ever scarcer resources and a gradual transition to a new global power balance.
  文件称，世界将走上一条崎岖不平的道路，各方将激烈竞逐日益稀少的资源，世界权力格局将逐渐过渡到一种新的平衡。
• 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。
• 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；
• So safe assets are to become even scarcer.
  所以，安全资产将变得更紧缺。
• 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 problem is that it would be a fundamental retreat from the concept of a single market and would be a serious constraint on the most effective use of bank capital in Europe at a time when capital is scarcer than ever.
  问题是，这将是单一市场理念的一次根本倒退，并在资本比以往任何时候都稀缺之际，在欧洲严重限制对银行资本的最有效利用。
• 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。
• As oil gets scarcer and more expensive, nature gas will become more and more important.
  随着石油的匮乏和价格上涨，天然气就会变得越来越重要。