[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的 If something is scarce, there is not enough of it.
[usu v-link ADJ]
Food was scarce and expensive...
食物供不应求,而且价格昂贵。
Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.
工作机会越来越少。
...the allocation of scarce resources.
对稀缺资源的分配
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[PHRASE 短语](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.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce.
你最好回避一下。
Oxford
scarce/skeəs; NAmEskers/
adjective
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adverb
scarcescarcerscarcestadjective(scar·cer,scar·cest)if sth is scarce,there is not enough of it and it is only available in small quantities 缺乏的;不足的;稀少的◆scarce resources稀缺资源◆Details of the accident are scarce.事故的详细情况了解不多。◆Food was becoming scarce.食物越来越紧缺。IDIOMˌmake yourself ˈscarce( informal) to leave somewhere and stay away for a time in order to avoid an unpleasant situation 躲开;回避;溜走adverb( literary) only just; almost not 勉强;刚;几乎不;简直不◆I can scarce remember him.我几乎想不起他了。scarce/skeəs; NAmEskers/
1if something is scarce, there is not very much of it available: Food was often scarce in the winter. There was fierce competition for the scarce resources.2make yourself scarce informal to leave a place, especially in order to avoid an unpleasant situation: I decided it was time to make myself scarce.
scarce1 adjective
scarce2 adverb
scarcescarce2 adverb literary
Examples
Collocations
scarcely: He could scarce believe it.
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