scarce
US /skers/
・UK /skeəs/
B2 中高級英檢中級多益
adj.形容詞缺乏；不足
When it did not rain for three months in a row, water became very scarce
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食物調味料千千百百種，但你有想過為何最常用的是鹽還有胡椒嗎？ (Why Salt & Pepper?)
- But before the Industrial Age, it was scarce enough that people fought wars over it.
地殼裡有純的氯化鈉在裡頭。跟著動物的蹤跡會把我們引至天然的鹽塊而且
- Industrial Age it was scarce enough that people fought wars over it.
之前，它是稀少到人們甚至為它打仗。
第三集｜夏綠蒂·勃朗特《簡愛》有聲書（第12-16章） (Part 3 - Jane Eyre Audiobook by Charlotte Bronte (Chs 12-16))
- and goblins, to my notions, though they might tenant the dumb carcasses of beasts, could scarce covet shelter in the commonplace human form.
從我的座位上，我可以俯瞰 Thornfield：灰色的城垛大廳
- and goblins, to my notions, though they might tenant the dumb carcasses of beasts, could scarce covet shelter in the commonplace human form.
從我的座位上，我可以俯瞰 Thornfield：灰色的城垛大廳
為什麼我們談戀愛需要慢慢來？❤️ (Why We Need to Take It Slowly in Love)
- If heartbreak can kill us – and it more or less can – no wonder if we should, at least in part, begin with modest steps. To the general terror, some of us have backgrounds that add another particularly intense layer of fear. We may have grown up in disturbed environments where the first rule of love was that it was scarce and unpredictably distributed.
如果心碎會要了我們的命--它或多或少會要了我們的命--那就難怪我們應該，至少在一定程度上，從適度的步驟開始。除了普遍的恐懼之外，我們中的一些人的背景又給我們增添了一層特別強烈的恐懼。我們可能是在不安的環境中長大的，在那裡，愛情的第一條規則就是稀缺和不可預測的分配。
- We may have grown up in disturbed environments where the first rule of love was that it was scarce and unpredictably distributed.
【TaiwanPlus News】川普就「臺灣防務」議題上發表的言論引發爭議 (Donald Trump and Taiwan's Defense ｜TaiwanPlus News)
- If you're going to prioritize China, particularly from a military perspective, given scarce resources, it suggests you're going to have to do less of something elsewhere, and that becomes a hang-up.
如果你要優先考慮中國，尤其是從軍事角度考慮，在資源稀缺的情況下，這就意味著你必須在其他地方少做一些事情，這就成了一個障礙。
- If you're going to prioritize China, particularly from a military perspective, given scarce resources, it suggests we're going to have to do less of something elsewhere.
羅密歐與茱麗葉：莎士比亞經典鉅作有聲書！ (Romeo and Juliet Audiobook by William Shakespeare)
- Speak not, reply not, do not answer me; My fingers itch.--Wife, we scarce thought us bles'd
別說話，別回答，別回應我；我手指發癢。— 妻子，我們曾以為很幸運
- Wife, we scarce thought us blessed that God had lent us but this only child;
知道它們的根源、源頭、真實的來龍去脈；屆時我將成為你們悲傷的領袖，
房價為最大主因！為什麼在澳洲生活根本是「不可能的任務」？！ (Why Living In Australia Is Impossible)
- With land becoming such a scarce resource, it further challenges developments, as it becomes increasingly expensive to acquire and develop land economically.
隨著土地日益成為稀缺資源，獲取和經濟開發土地的成本也越來越高，這給開發帶來了更多挑戰。
- But this is almost entirely by design, as scarce land benefits homeowners.
但這幾乎完全是設計好的，因為稀缺的土地有利於房主。
很多動物都會冬眠，為什麼人類不用？ (Why Don't Humans Hibernate?)
- Turns out there's a ton of animals that are able to put their biology on slow-mo to survive in the cold or when resources are scarce.
原來，有很多動物都能把自己的生物鐘調慢，以便在寒冷或資源匱乏的環境中生存。
- Turns out there's a ton of animals that are able to put their biology on slow-mo to survive in the cold or when resources are scarce.
想想所有潛在的好處，比如大量的午睡時間、不再剷雪、星際太空旅行。
