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paucity

英 ['pɔːsɪtɪ]美

n. 缺乏；少數；少量

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中文詞源

paucity 貧窮，貧乏

來自拉丁語paucus,少的，小的，來自PIE*pau-ko,來自*pau,少的，小的，詞源同few,poor.引申詞義貧窮，貧乏。

英語詞源

paucity

paucity: see few

paucity (n.)

late 14c., from Old French paucité (14c.) and directly from Latin paucitatem (nominative paucitas) "fewness, scarcity, a small number," from paucus "few, little," from PIE *pau-ko-, from root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cognates: Latin paullus "little;" Old English feawe "few;" see few (adj.)).

權威例句

1. a paucity of information

信息的短缺

2. The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.

水果缺乏是由於乾旱造成的.

3. Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.

這部電影的結局可圈可點，即使這樣也無法掩蓋前一個小時想象力貧乏的缺憾。

4. The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.

因細胞稀少,結果常令人不滿意.

5. However, there is a paucity of research on the issue with Chinese subjects.

然而, 鮮有研究使用中文的受試者來探討這一問題.

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