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scarce

[skeəs] [skers]
  • 比较级:scarcer;
  • 最高级:scarcest;
  • 例句
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    • make oneself scarce
      (informal)leave a place, especially so as to avoid a difficult situation (非正式)逃避,溜走
    • make (oneself) scarce【非正式用语】
      To stay away; be absent or elusive. 躲开:不露面;不出现或避开 To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond. 溜走,悄悄离开:离开,尤指快速地或鬼鬼祟祟地;潜逃
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    • ADJ-GRADED
      缺乏的;不足的;供不应求的
      If something is scarce, there is not enough of it.
      例句
      Food was scarce and expensive... 食物供不应求,而且价格昂贵。 Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce. 工作机会越来越少。
    • PHRASE
      (通常为避开难事或僵局)躲开,溜走,回避
      If you make yourself scarce, you quickly leave the place you are in, usually in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation.
      例句
      It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce. 你最好回避一下。
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    • adj.
      缺乏的, 罕见的
      The food was scarce during the war. 战争期间食物短缺。
    英英词典释义
    • Adjective
      1. not enough; hard to find;
      "meat was scarce during the war"
      2. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand;
      "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
    • Adverb
      1. by a small margin;
      "they could barely hear the speaker""we hardly knew them""just missed being hit""had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open""would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats