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noun
一. a small and inadequate amount
Synonym: scarceness
一. 缺乏;不足;稀少
If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it.
e.g. ...an ever increasing scarcity of water.
水资源的日益匮乏
一. 短缺：自由主义者认为工业革命(industrial revolution)是如此成功地解决了短缺(scarcity)的问题以至于允许我们人口的爆炸性增长. 自从一八零零 年世界人口达到了十亿的数字,工业革命就带来了人类的曙光. 第二个十亿要比第一个十亿的到来快许多:一九三零年.
二. 稀少性：一.该种财货不具有资源稀少性(Scarcity)特质. David Ricardo定义:某国虽然在两种产品之生产上皆具有绝对利益,但它在其中一种产品之生产上具有较小的机会成本,则称该国在此产品之生产上具比较利益,且於另一产品之生产上必定具比较不利益,
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They'd been through scarcity before, and would always believe that something would turn up.
出自：P. MatthiessenThe growing scarcity..of water has generated heated arguments over water rights.
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