This confusion has been exacerbated by a paucity of serious attempts to synthesize and evaluate available data on the details of avian and dinosaurian evolution.
由于缺乏认真的尝试来综合和评估鸟类和恐龙进化细节的现有数据，这种混乱变得更加严重。
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Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
这部电影在开头一个小时中毫无想象力，即使有个让人印象深刻的结局也无法掩盖这个缺憾。
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Many policy makers insist that consumer spending is a strong economic catalyst and, therefore, a paucity of retail stores is a contributing factor to low-performing economies.