dearth
英 [dɜːθ]
美 [dɜːrθ]
n. 缺乏; 不足
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- There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
关于这个课题缺乏可靠资料。
- There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 缺乏;不足
If there isa dearth ofsomething, there is not enough of it.- ...the dearth of good fiction by English authors.
英国作家写的优秀小说少之又少
- ...the dearth of good fiction by English authors.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- 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。 - The dearth of Java libraries that effectively use anonymous inner classes make this problem manifest.
缺乏能够有效使用匿名内部类的Java库使问题更为明显。 - In our dearth of ack-ack guns all sorts of contrivances were used.
在缺少高射炮的时候，我们利用了各种各样的巧妙方法。 - Given the dearth of renminbi-denominated financial assets available offshore, most investors have few options besides low-yielding deposits.
鉴于离岸市场上以人民币计价的金融资产少之又少，除了低收益的存款之外，大部分投资者的选择很少。 - 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。 - There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
关于这个课题还缺乏可靠资料。 - Consider the three ingredients for recession: a credit crunch, tighter fiscal policy and a dearth of confidence.
衰退的三个要素分别是：信用崩溃、更加紧缩的财政政策，以及信心的死亡。 - There is a particular dearth of managers in sectors such as real estate, retail and infrastructure.
在房地产、零售及基础设施领域，特别缺乏这样的管理人员。 - 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。 - In sum, technology has given us this surfeit of calories and dearth of energy expenditure.
总而言之，技术给了我们过高的热量，又减少了能量支出。