dearth

英 [dɜːθ]

美 [dɜːrθ]

n.  缺乏; 不足

IELTSGRE

BNC.18535 / COCA.14013

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；不足
  a lack of sth; the fact of there not being enough of sth
  1. There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
     关于这个课题缺乏可靠资料。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 缺乏;不足
  If there isa dearth ofsomething, there is not enough of it.
  1. ...the dearth of good fiction by English authors.
     英国作家写的优秀小说少之又少

英英释义

noun

• an insufficient quantity or number
  Synonym:paucity
• an acute insufficiency
  Synonym:famineshortage

双语例句

• There is a dearth of good restaurants in this area.
  这个地方缺乏好的餐馆。
• The result: a dearth of skills and knowledge to satisfy economic demand.
  这种情况导致的结果是：技术和知识工人严重缺乏，难以满足巴西经济的需要。
• By contrast, its investment banking rivals have been shedding staff as the dearth of deals and the freeze in credit markets prompted them to cut costs.
  相比之下，其投行业务的竞争对手一直在裁减员工，因为交易不足和信贷市场冻结促使他们减少成本。
• There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
  关于这个课题还缺乏可靠资料。
• Passengers are lured by attractive prices and a dearth of transpacific nonstop flights from China.
  这既是因为乘客们受到了有吸引力的机票价格的诱惑，也是因为从中国到北美的直达航班数量不足。
• China's relative dearth of high-quality energy resources hinders its supply capability.
  中国优质能源资源相对不足，制约了供应能力的提高。
• The dearth of reliable economic measures provoked a minor revolution.
  缺乏可靠的经济衡量指标引发了一场小型革命。
• A dearth of childcare, financial insecurity and gloom about the future have all been blamed for the lack of children in Japan.
  儿童保育的缺乏、财政安全的不确定、以及对未来的忧虑都被归结于日本缺少儿童，因而被倍加指责。
• Low mineral prices were only partly to blame for the dearth of investment to finance exploration and development.
  矿产价格低是缺少对勘探和开发进行投资的部分原因。
• Low interest rates and easy credit have given way to a dearth of liquidity and capital problems in the banks amid slowing global growth and trade.
  在全球增长和贸易日渐下滑的背景下，低利率和宽松的信贷导致各银行出现大量流动性和资本问题。