英语词汇“scarce”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	scarce
例句	scarcescarce /skers/ adjective ► scarce if something is scarce, there is not much of it and it is difficult to get. Scarce is used especially about things people need to live, such as food and water: Because of the bad harvest, food was scarce. ► in short supply if something is in short supply, there is not much of it available: Clean water is in short supply in areas affected by the floods. ► rare if something is rare, not many of that thing exist: He had to pay a lot of money for the book because it was so rare. ► sparse if things or people are sparse, there are not many of them and they are not close together: This large island has a sparse population - only 3,000 people. ADVERBS: scarceYou can make the adjective sparse into an adverb by using an -ly ending: The island was sparsely populated.
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