"paucity" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 缺乏
• 稀少

Definition

某事物數量很少；短缺或缺乏。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

正式、學術用語，常與“of”連用，如“paucity of resources”。比“scarcity（稀缺）”更強調極少量。日常中文很少單獨用此類詞。

Examples

There is a paucity of clean water in the region.

這個地區**缺乏**乾淨的水。

The report shows a paucity of data.

該報告顯示資料**稀少**。

The team failed due to a paucity of ideas.

團隊失敗是因為想法的**缺乏**。

We struggled with the paucity of resources available.

我們因可用資源的**缺乏**而掙扎。

Her ideas stood out because of the paucity of other suggestions.

她的想法因其他建議的**稀少**而脫穎而出。

There’s a real paucity of affordable housing in big cities these days.

如今大城市中可負擔住房的**缺乏**是真實存在的。