scarce 四级考研

Eggs are scarce and expensive this month.

这个月鸡蛋又少又贵。

Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought.

在干旱期间新鲜蔬菜短缺

The food was scarce during the war.

战争期间食物短缺。

He is scarcely so tall as you.

他没有你这样高。

There are scarcely any flies left around there.

那周围几乎没有任何苍蝇了。

He found the dullness of his work scarcely bearable.

他觉得他工作枯燥乏味，简直无法受。

Food commands a higher price when it is scarce.

食物（供应）不足时， 售价较高。

Steel pennies are scarce now except in coin shops.

除了在钱币店内，钢币便士现在很难见到了

The difference is scarcely perceptible to the average reader.

这种差别一般读者几乎是察觉不到。

He was scarcely sixteen when he joined the army.

他参军时刚刚十六岁。

I was hunting for work. Jobs were scarce though.

我当时正找工作，不过工作可不好找。

Money is scarce with them .

他们缺钱。

He found the boredom scarcely endurable.

他觉得这种厌烦难以受。

He can scarcely have said so.

他一定不会这么说。

We scarcely have time for breakfast.

我们几乎没有吃时间。

Gillie could scarcely vocalize her responses.

吉丽几乎不能用语言表达她反应。

Now that oil is scarce, the fate of the motor car is uncertain.

既然石油短缺,那么汽车将来会怎样就难以预料了。

City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.

城市居民抱怨民工威胁着本来已很紧张城市就业机会。

I scarcely think so.

我可不这么想。

There is scarcely enough food.

几乎没有足够食物。