詞彙精選：scarcity的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

缺乏，不足，稀少 [U,C]

例句：

There is a scarcity of trained staff.

缺乏受過訓練的人員。

例句：

The factory is in frequent scarcity of raw materials.

這個工廠經常原料不足。

蕭條 [U,C]

例句：

The contrary of this happens in a year of sudden and extraordinary scarcity.

在突然發生的非常大荒年，情形正相反。

例句：

That would only betoken for us seven years of plenty and seven years of scarcity.

那只是預示我們將有七年豐收和七年饑荒。

二、詞義辨析：

lack,want,absence,shortage,scarcity

這些名詞均含“缺乏，不足”之意。lack普通用詞，指部分或完全的不足。want指完全或短缺某物，側重缺少之物是必需的東西。使用範圍比lack窄些。absence指某物根本不存在或完全短缺，或某人雖存在，但未到現場。shortage指不足，但側重達不到規定的，需要的或已知應有的數量。scarcity指產量不足或缺乏某物難以應付或滿足需要。

三、參考例句：

There is a scarcity of trained staff.

缺乏受過訓練的人員。

The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.

水果缺乏是由乾旱引起的。

The factory is in frequent scarcity of raw materials.

這個工廠經常原料不足。

This scarcity is inevitable in less developed countries.

這一匱乏在欠發達國家不可避免。

Firewood scarcity offers the most visible and dramatic example of deforestation's effects.

薪材短缺是毀林後果的最明顯和最引人注目的實例。

Widespread use of the technology will automatically solve many fuel scarcity problems.

技術的廣泛使用將自動解決許多燃料短缺問題。

For FIFA its differentator is scarcity, entrepreneurs need to think what makes them unique and memorable.

稀缺性是FIFA的優勢，企業家也需要讓自身變得獨一無二和深入人心。

Costs, not physical scarcity, are the only economic test of a shortage of natural resources.

自然資源匱乏的唯一經濟判斷是成本,而不是實物的稀缺。

Having looked to Government for bread, on the first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.

他們依靠政府給予麪包，稍有不足他們就會轉身咬向那隻曾餵養他們的手。

The employer is keenly aware of the number of jobs currently going unfilled due to a scarcity of skilled candidates.

招聘者很清楚，由於有經驗的求職者數量不足，所以職位空缺的數量依然很大。