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Scarce means not enough of something, leading to it being in short supply or hard to find. It can also informally mean to leave a place to avoid a situation.

Scarce means not enough of something, leading to it being in short supply or hard to find. It can also informally mean to leave a place to avoid a situation.

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Collins
scarce ★★☆☆☆
/ske͟ə(r)s/
1
[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

2
[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 ; NAmE skers /
adjective
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adverb
scarce scarcer scarcest
adjective ( 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。 IDIOM ˌmake 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 ; NAmE skers /
LDC
scarce1 adjective
scarce2 adverb
scarcescarce1 /skeəs $ skers/ ●●○ adjective (comparative scarcer, superlative scarcest)
Word Origin
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Phrases
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.
WDF

scarce

[skeəs]
级别:scarcer, scarcest
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Spoken:

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稀少的(41%),罕见的(22%),缺乏的(20%),不足的(12%),勉强(5%)
adj.缺乏的,不足的;稀有的
adv.仅仅;几乎不;几乎没有

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