scarceness
 缺乏,稀少


 Scarce·ness Scar·ci·ty n. The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
    A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples.   --Addison.
    Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity.   --Rambler.
    The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness.   --Collier.
 Syn: -- Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency.

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 scarceness
      n : a small and inadequate amount [syn: scarcity] [ant: abundance]