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paucity

C2 noun

paucity /ˈpɔs.ɪ.ti/ nghĩa là sự khan hiếm, sự thiếu thốn

Các nghĩa

  1. sự khan hiếm, sự thiếu thốn

    Fewness in number; too few.

    countable · uncountable

    But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves.

    This paucity of trains helps to explain why electrification is not planned between Paris and Belfort.

    Your tax refund might be late, owing to a paucity of number crunchers.

  2. sự ít ỏi, sự thiếu hụt

    A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

    countable · uncountable

    Now came shipwrecks and life in open boats, with the usual paucity of food.

    Here is where the paucity of our language is made manifest.

    Genteel America was handicapped by meagerness of soul, thinness of temper, paucity of talent.

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