scarcity

英語

詞源

源自古諾曼語 escarcete，字面分析等同於 scarce +‎ -ity。

發音

• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈskɛɹsɪti/
• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈskɛəsɪti/

• （英國南部）音頻：

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名詞

scarcity (可數 和 不可數，複數 scarcities)

1. (不可數) 缺少，缺乏，貧乏
   • July 6, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 136

     Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.

   • 1994 February, Robert D. Kaplan, 「The Coming Anarchy」, 出自 The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     To understand the events of the next fifty years, then, one must understand environmental scarcity, cultural and racial clash, geographic destiny, and the transformation of war.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. (可數) 短缺，少量，不足量

   a scarcity of grain

   糧食短缺

   • 2013年9月24日, Damien Ma, William Adams, 「China's Next Great Challenge: Scarcity」, 出自 The Atlantic‎^[2]:

     The crucial and intersecting challenges of scarcities, both emerging and intensifying, will consume China’s custodians over the next decade.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

近義詞

• (缺乏)： infrequency、rareness、rarity，參見Thesaurus:rareness
• (少量)： dearth、deficiency、lack、infrequency、penury、rareness、rarity、want，參見Thesaurus:lack

反義詞

• (缺乏)： frequency、commonness，參見Thesaurus:commonness
• (少量)： abundance、copiousness，參見Thesaurus:excess

衍生詞彙

• artificial scarcity
• digital scarcity
• postscarcity
• root of scarcity

 

異序詞

• city cars