paucity

英 [ˈpɔːsəti]

美 [ˈpɔːsəti]

n.  少量; 少许; 贫乏

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BNC.18824 / COCA.16637

牛津词典

noun

• 少量；少许；贫乏
  a small amount of sth; less than enough of sth
  1. a paucity of information
     信息的短缺

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 少量；不足；缺乏
  If you say that there is apaucity ofsomething, you mean that there is not enough of it.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
     英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏

英英释义

noun

• an insufficient quantity or number
  Synonym:dearth

双语例句

• The paucity of data regarding the Udokan deposit makes understanding this system difficult in terms of Earth history events.
  缺乏有关的数据，乌多坎的沉淀物不能顺应这种方式在长期的历史构成中。
• Even so, expert opinion and Cochrane reviews do not recommend this practice because of the paucity of data regarding safety and resistance and the absence of adequately powered, multicenter trials.
  尽管至这样，专家意见和Cochrane综述不推荐该应用，因为认为其安全性、耐药性和充分的可操作性的数据贫乏。
• The paucity of advice on saying no is particularly bad when you consider how hard the word is to say.
  有关如何说不的建议寥寥，当你思考这个词有多难说出口时，这种情况尤其糟糕。
• Another reason for the paucity of data is the lack of disease surveillance in endemic countries.
  缺乏数据的另外一个原因是，疾病流行国家缺乏疾病监测。
• It was an error; but ought not the paucity of this intelligence to be taken into consideration? Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.
  这是一种错误，不过，难道我们不应当去考虑他智力薄弱的一点？把虚荣加在一个智力薄弱的人的头上，是会发生各种危险的。
• Paucity of training is cited as one of the main reasons for the global nurse shortage.
  据称，缺少培训是全球护士短缺的主要原因之一。
• Despite the paucity of data-related to the use of influenza vaccines during the first-trimester of pregnancy, other inactivated vaccines ( e.g.-tetanus) have proved safe in this context.
  虽然目前关于在妊娠初期3个月内使用流感疫苗的资料还很少，但有其他灭活疫苗（如破伤风疫苗）已被证明在此期间可以安全使用。
• In fact, if the paucity of database connections or the laggardly response of your database server is systemic, embedding one or more reverse proxies could beget widespread gain.
  实际上，如果数据库连接较少或者数据库服务器的响应速度较慢是整体性的，则嵌入一个或多个反向代理可以广泛获益。
• The very paucity of evidence tells a tale.
  证据不足本身就颇说明问题。
• But, as the European Central Bank recently observed in a fascinating report, regulators are finding it tough to assess whether the net risks are being handled sensibly, since there is a paucity of detailed counterparty data.
  但正如欧洲央行（ECB）最近在一份极具吸引力的报告中所指出的，监管者发现，很难评估对净风险的处理是否明智，因为详细的对手数据存在不透明性。