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paucity n.少数；少量 (1) 因细胞稀少，结果常令人不满意。 One good way to remember the meaning of paucity is that it's a bit like pauper, as in The Prince and the Pauper. The prince had too much money, and the pauper had a paucity. There are a lot of words that mean "little" or "small," but paucity is used when you mean specifically "not enough" or "too little." People in LA don't understand how New Yorkers can live with such a paucity of space. For what New Yorkers pay for a tiny apartment, Angelenos get a house and a yard.

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英 ['pɔːsəti] 美 ['pɔːsəti] (1) The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells. The word paucity means not enough of something. If you've got a paucity of good cheer, for example, you'd better cheer up! 1[N-SING 单数名词]少量；不足；缺乏 If you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it.   [N of n]  [FORMAL 正式]Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.这部电影的结局可圈可点，即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。...the paucity of good British women sprinters.英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏

英语单词	paucity
英美音标	英 ['pɔːsəti] 美 ['pɔːsəti]
中文释义	n.少数；少量
英语例句	(1) The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
中文例句	(1) 因细胞稀少，结果常令人不满意。
vocabulary简明	The word paucity means not enough of something. If you've got a paucity of good cheer, for example, you'd better cheer up!
vocabulary扩展	One good way to remember the meaning of paucity is that it's a bit like pauper, as in The Prince and the Pauper. The prince had too much money, and the pauper had a paucity. There are a lot of words that mean "little" or "small," but paucity is used when you mean specifically "not enough" or "too little." People in LA don't understand how New Yorkers can live with such a paucity of space. For what New Yorkers pay for a tiny apartment, Angelenos get a house and a yard.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]少量；不足；缺乏 If you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it. [N of n] [FORMAL 正式] Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination. 这部电影的结局可圈可点，即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。 ...the paucity of good British women sprinters. 英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏

Paucity Good Pauper Prince Yorkers 英 Pɔːsəti] 美 Pɔːsəti