paucity
英 [ˈpɔː.sə.ti]
美 [ˈpɑː.sə.t̬i]
使用关联记忆法,可以将“paucity”拆分为“pau”和“city”。想象一个“pau”(沉默)的城市,“city”代表城市。这个词的字面意思是“稀少”,就像城市里的声音很“沉默”,因此可以记住“paucity”表示稀少或不足。
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paucity 贫穷,贫乏来自拉丁语paucus,少的,小的,来自PIE*pau-ko,来自*pau,少的,小的,词源同few,poor.引申词义贫穷,贫乏。
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paucity: see few
- paucity (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French paucité (14c.) and directly from Latin paucitatem (nominative paucitas) "fewness, scarcity, a small number," from paucus "few, little," from PIE *pau-ko-, from root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cognates: Latin paullus "little;" Old English feawe "few;" see few (adj.)).
- 1. a paucity of information
- 信息的短缺
- 2. The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.
- 水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的.
- 3. 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。
- 4. The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
- 因细胞稀少,结果常令人不满意.
- 5. However, there is a paucity of research on the issue with Chinese subjects.
- 然而, 鲜有研究使用中文的受试者来探讨这一问题.