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.)).
雙語例句
1. a paucity of information
信息的短缺
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.
水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
這部電影的結(jié)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。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
因細胞稀少,結(jié)果常令人不滿意.
來自辭典例句
5. However, there is a paucity of research on the issue with Chinese subjects.