scarce

[skeəs] [skers]
  • 比较级:scarcer;
  • 最高级:scarcest;
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    • make oneself scarce
      (informal)leave a place, especially so as to avoid a difficult situation (非正式)逃避,溜走
    • make (oneself) scarce【非正式用语】
      To stay away; be absent or elusive. 躲开:不露面;不出现或避开 To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond. 溜走,悄悄离开:离开,尤指快速地或鬼鬼祟祟地;潜逃
    英语四级真题
    • In college, time is scarce, and consequently, very precious.
      出自-2016年12月听力原文
    英语六级真题
    • In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.
      出自-2016年6月阅读原文
    • A snack bar producer discovered that the supply of purely grass-fed Bison met was scarce.
      2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
    • The report found that although some king penguins may be able to relocate to new breeding grounds closer to their retreating food source, suitable new habitats would be scarce.
      2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
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    • Adjective
      1. not enough; hard to find;
      "meat was scarce during the war"
      2. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand;
      "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
    • Adverb
      1. by a small margin;
      "they could barely hear the speaker""we hardly knew them""just missed being hit""had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open""would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats