音标:['pɒ:sәti] ;
n. 少数, 少量, 缺乏
n an insufficient quantity or number
词型变化:名词复数形式 : paucities
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
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名词100%

paucity的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的。
  2. The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.因细胞稀少,结果常令人不满意。

经典引文

  • Electing such representatives to Parliament is made ridiculous by their paucity of numbers.

    出自:N. Mandela
  • The place was spectacular only in the paucity of its ambitions.

    出自:M. Sawyer
【近义词】

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