"scarcer" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 更稀缺

Definition

「更稀缺」指的是某事物比以前更難取得或更罕見，意思是變得更難找或獲得。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Scarcer”是“scarce”的比較級，常用於資源、機會等短缺情況的比較，如‘水在沙漠裡更稀缺’。不適合描述常見或充足的東西。不要和“rare”（罕見、特別）搞混。

Examples

Good jobs are becoming scarcer in small towns.

小鎮上的好工作變得**更稀缺**了。

Water is scarcer during the dry season.

在旱季，水變得**更稀缺**。

Food was even scarcer after the storm.

暴風雨過後，食物變得更加**稀缺**。

After all these years, old coins are much scarcer now.

這麼多年後，舊硬幣現在**更稀缺**了。

Tickets for the concert are getting scarcer as the date gets closer.

隨著日期臨近，音樂會門票變得**更稀缺**了。

Fresh fruit is much scarcer in winter than in summer.

新鮮水果在冬天比夏天**更稀缺**。