常用短语

参考例句

1. Fuelwood is becoming too expensive to buy and too scarce to gather.

   薪材日益昂贵和稀缺，既买不起又拣不到。

2. My uncle Toby had scarce a heart to retaliate upon a fly.

   我的托比叔叔以难得的善良回报了一只苍蝇。

3. Physical capital is a scarce resource in rich and poor countries alike.

   不论是在富国还是在穷国，物质资本都是一种稀缺的资源。

4. Off-street parking is scarce and expensive in central parts of cities.

   在各个城市的中心地段，不临街的停车场是不多的，而且收费昂贵。

5. The ocean itself--that serene and tideless sea-lay scarce less hushed.

   一平如镜的安宁的海面也十分静谧。

6. The air-raid alarms were frequent and means for Members getting about scarce .

   空袭警报频繁，议员们的生活所需渐感缺乏。

7. Which factors were abundant and which scarce for the United States?

   对美国来说，哪些是充裕的生产要素而哪些是短缺的生产要素呢？

8. City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.

   城市居民抱怨民工威胁着本来已很紧张的城市就业机会。

9. Interferon is scarce and this has been a major obstacle in studying its effects.

   干扰素的量是很少的，这是研究干扰素作用的主要困难所在。

10. Quantitative information on these aspects of protein metabolism is scarce .

    有关这方面的蛋白质代谢的定量知识是贫乏的。

同义词

• rare
• scanty
• sparse

反义词