paucity
英 ['p??s?t?]
美
- n. 缺乏；少數(shù)；少量
GRETOEFL暢通詞匯
中文詞源
paucity 貧窮，貧乏
來自拉丁語paucus,少的，小的，來自PIE*pau-ko,來自*pau,少的，小的，詞源同few,poor.引申詞義貧窮，貧乏。
英文詞源
- paucity
- paucity: see few
- paucity (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French paucité (14c.) and directly from Latin paucitatem (nominative paucitas) "fewness, scarcity, a small number," from paucus "few, little," from PIE *pau-ko-, from root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cognates: Latin paullus "little;" Old English feawe "few;" see few (adj.)).
雙語例句
- 1. a paucity of information
- 信息的短缺
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.
- 水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
- 這部電影的結(jié)局可圈可點，即使這樣也無法掩蓋前一個小時想象力貧乏的缺憾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
- 因細胞稀少,結(jié)果常令人不滿意.
來自辭典例句
- 5. However, there is a paucity of research on the issue with Chinese subjects.
- 然而, 鮮有研究使用中文的受試者來探討這一問題.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)