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

• 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。
• 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。
• I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of ophir.
  我必使人比精金还少，使人比俄斐纯金更少。
• 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。
• 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。
• Light rare earths are relatively common and are by-products of producing heavy rare earths, which are scarcer and essential for certain speciality technology uses.
  轻稀土相对来说更为常见，是中重稀土生产过程的副产品；中重稀土则更为稀缺，对于某些专业技术用途而言是必不可少的原料。
• 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。
• 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。
• And yet pure iron is scarcer than gold or diamonds.
  然而纯铁比黄金或金刚石还罕见。
• 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。