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
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  1. ADJ-GRADED 缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的
    If something is scarce, 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
  2. PHRASE (通常为避开难事或僵局)躲开，溜走，回避
    If you make 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。
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双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. And it requires something far scarcer than money-thinking and risk-taking.
    而且它需要的是比金钱更难得的东西&思考和冒险。
  3. What could be scarcer or more precious than love?
    有什么比爱情更加稀缺和珍贵呢？
  4. Clean water has become scarce and will become even scarcer with the onset of climate change.
    清洁饮水已经成为稀缺资源，而且随着气候变化的到来将变得更加稀缺。
  5. So safe assets are to become even scarcer.
    所以，安全资产将变得更紧缺。
  6. 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。
  7. Food is scarcer now thanks to market liberalisation, which helped to cut excess production and lower stocks.
    由于市场自由化削减了过剩的粮食产量并且降低了粮食存货，目前粮食出现了短缺。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. And yet pure iron is scarcer than gold or diamonds.
    然而纯铁比黄金或金刚石还罕见。
  12. But businesses and householders at home will also soon be hurt by scarcer credit and rising interest rates, as the banks'higher funding costs are passed on.
    然而，由于银行高昂的筹资成本已全面波及，放贷紧缩，利率上涨，欧元区内企业和房主也将很快受到冲击。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. Moreover, bank lending has become scarcer as European banks boost their capital buffers.
    此外，由于欧洲的银行开始增加缓冲资本金，银行贷款正变得更为稀少。
  17. 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。
  18. 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。
  19. This year, with the global economy desiccating by the day, liquidity is scarcer still.
    今年，随着全球经济日渐萎缩，流动性也越发短缺。
  20. 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。
  21. One good husband is worth two wives; for the scarcer things are, the more they're valued.
    一个好丈夫值得两个好妻子，因为物以稀为贵。
  22. 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；
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. Annual US sales of light vehicles are expected to hit about 12m in 2009, from a peak of about 17m. Not only have consumers stopped spending money, but credit to buy a new car is much scarcer.
    预计美国轻型汽车今年的销售量将要从1700万辆的峰值下降到约1200万辆。不仅消费者停止了花钱，购买新车的贷款也少得多了。
  26. In sum, slower world economic growth and scarcer and costlier capital will mean a more difficult environment for developing countries.
    总之，世界经济增速放缓，资本更加稀缺且成本上升，这些意味着发展中国家将面临更困难的环境。在这种环境中，各国提升资源使用效率和提高生产率的努力至关重要。
  27. The rise in global seafood consumption comes as many fish species become scarcer.
    很多鱼类品种日益稀少，全球海鲜消费量增加。
  28. 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。
  29. Millions of hectares of forest are lost every year, many species are being driven closer to extinction and renewable water resources are becoming scarcer.
    每年丧失数百万公顷的森林，许多物种濒临灭亡，可再生的水资源也变得更为稀缺。
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