Paucity

[ 'pɔ:siti ]
出国 Abroad
n. 少量，缺乏，不足;
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📝 例句

a paucity of food
粮食的缺乏
A paucity of natural resources.
缺乏自然资源
The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
因细胞稀少，结果常令人不满意。
a paucity of evidence
少量证据.

🌱 联想助记

【记】pau-谐音“跑”,city-城市:跑遍全城也找不到这种东西,太缺乏啦

✅ 同义词

lack meagerness need scantiness scarceness scarcity shortage shortness skimpiness spareness stringency dearth fewness

🔴 反义词

lavishness lot luxuriance luxuriancy overabundance plentifulness plenty plethora profuseness profusion

📖 牛津释义

paucity n[sing] ~ (of sth) (fml 文) smallness of number or quantity 少量; 少许; 少数 a paucity of evidence 少量证据.

🔁 扩展释义

*['pɒ:sәti]n. 少数, 少量, 缺乏

📖 同为「GRE」词汇

trident n. 三叉戟;<数>三叉线;三齿鱼叉;(T-)三叉戟飞机（或导弹、核潜艇等）; adj. 三叉的;
overweening adj. 自负的;过分的，不合理的;惟我独尊;
serpentine adj. 像蛇般蜷曲的，蜿蜒的;阴险的;弯弯曲曲的; vt. 使迂回曲折地行进; vi. 像蛇般行进; n. [矿物] 蛇纹石;
saga n. 萨迦（尤指古代挪威或冰岛讲述冒险经历和英雄业绩的长篇故事）;（讲述许多年间发生的事情的）长篇故事;传说，冒险故事，英雄事迹;
autonomous adj. 自治的;有自主权的;[生，植]自发的;
execrate vt. 憎恶;厌恶;诅咒;咒骂;
blight n. 凋萎病;坏因素;毁坏;衰退; vt. 使凋萎;使颓丧;损害;妨害; vi. 患枯萎病;枯萎，颓丧;
palette n. 调色板，颜料;
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🗣️ 情景例句

You'll never guess what I heard.
你永远也猜不到我听说了什么。
We have new methods like compensation trade and joint ventrue.
我们有补偿贸易和合资经营。
Men accustomed to struggling for survival against the elements and Indians were bewildered by politicians, bankers and businessmen, and unhorsed by fences, laws and alien taboos.
习惯与大自然和印第安人作斗争以求生存的拓荒者被政客、银行家和商人搞得晕头转向，最后被圈地、尖律我外来的清规戒律所击败。
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🔤 更多 P 开头的单词

paraspotter
path of connection
Petrequin's ligament
photoreproduction
piezolighter
Pokot
pre-testing
Procter
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