scarcity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈskɛəsɪti/    美 /ˈskɛɹsɪti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition of something being scarce or deficient. uncountable
    — Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.
  2. An inadequate amount of something; a shortage. countable
    — a scarcity of grain

词形变化

scarcities plural

词汇关系

近义词
rareness rarity deficiency lack infrequency penury want
反义词
frequency commonness abundance copiousness
衍生词
artificial scarcity digital scarcity postscarcity root of scarcity

词源

Inherited from Middle English scarsite, from Old Northern French escarsete; by surface analysis, scarce + -ity.
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