paucity

英 [ˈpɔː.sə.ti]      美 [ˈpɑː.sə.t̬i]
  • n. 缺乏;少数;少量
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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。

paucity
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.

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