N-SING
少量；不足；缺乏
If you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it.
例句
Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
这部电影的结局可圈可点，即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。
...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏