paucity

noun

1. an insufficient quantity or number

Synonym: dearth

1. 少量；不足；缺乏
If you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it.

e.g. Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
这部电影的结局可圈可点，即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。
e.g. ...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
英国优秀女子短跑选手的匮乏

1.

1. 极小量：exchange charge 外汇[托收]手续费 | paucity 极小量 | fade up 渐强(指电视、广播中的声音)

2.

2. 少量,少数：patron 资助者,老顾客 | paucity 少量,少数 | peach-potato aphid 桃蚜

3. 缺乏：abominate憎恶 | paucity缺乏n | scarcity缺乏n

4. paucity

4. 少数：patulous 扩展的 | paucity 少数 | paul pry 过分好奇者