Scarcity

(noun.) a small and inadequate amount.

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• This created a serious scarcity, and a nomadic operator going to any telegraphic centre would be sure to find a place open waiting for him. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Their highest price, however, seems not to be necessarily determined by any thing but the actual scarcity or plenty of these metals themselves. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Notwithstanding the great increase occasioned by such early marriages, there is a continual complaint of the scarcity of hands in North America. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• So we must leave thee, thou marvel of the world; we must bid farewell to thy clouds, and cold, and scarcity for ever! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The scarcity of such people is astonishing. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This complaint, however, of the scarcity of money, is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The present high rent of inclosed land in Scotland seems owing to the scarcity of inclosure, and will probably last no longer than that scarcity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• And then, having yourselves thus lessened our encouragement for raising sheep, you curse us for the scarcity of mutton! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The year 1740, however, was a year of extraordinary scarcity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In years of scarcity, therefore, the corn merchant buys a great part of his corn for the ordinary price, and sells it for a much higher. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The scarcity of those metals, therefore, must be the effect of choice, and not of necessity. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It was the scarcity of rags, especially of linen rags, that forced inventors to find other paper-producing materials. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• No complaint, however, is more common than that of a scarcity of money. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In years of scarcity, the difficulty and uncertainty of subsistence make all such people eager to return to service. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the other, there is often a scarcity, which necessarily augments their value. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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