Scarce

(adj.) deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; 'fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought' .

编辑:朗达

• What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Business between you and me being out of the question to-day, young man, and my time being precious,' said Miss Jenny then, 'I'll make myself scarce. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Whither we rambled, I scarce knew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Indeed, I am so unobservant of it, that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner of what dishes it consisted. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The lion was bounding along in easy leaps scarce five paces behind. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• If Human Justice' were what she ought to be, you two would scarce hold your present postor enjoy your present credit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Scarce any nation has dealt equally and impartially with every sort of industry. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He had taken scarce a dozen steps toward the jungle when a great form rose up before him from the shadows of a low bush. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• No wonder if my answer appear somewhat new, since the question itself has scarce ever yet been thought of. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Supplies were growing scarce in Richmond, and the sources from which to draw them were in our hands. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Elephant-tusk ivory, the only kind used in billiard ball manufacturing, is growing scarcer every year, with a consequent increase in price. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And scarcer, says Mrs. Rouncewell, expanding her stomacher to its utmost limits, than it formerly was! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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