scarce
adjective/skeəs/
/skers/
(comparative scarcer, superlative scarcest)
Idioms - if something 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。
Extra Examples- Money was extremely scarce after the war.
战后资金极为匮乏。 - Skilled workers were becoming increasingly scarce.
技术工人越来越稀缺。 - Butterflies are getting scarcer and scarcer in industrialized areas.
在工业化地区，蝴蝶越来越稀少了。 - Land suitable for building on is scarce.
建筑用地稀缺。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘restricted in quantity or size’, also ‘mean’): from a shortening of Anglo-Norman escars, from a Romance word meaning ‘plucked out, selected’. - scarce resources
Idioms
make yourself scarce
- (informal) to leave somewhere and stay away for a time in order to avoid an unpleasant situation
躲开；回避；溜走 - I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce.
我看得出来他很生气，所以我让自己保持沉默。
- I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce.