scarcer

scarcer

美 [skers] 　英 [skeə(r)s]

• adv.勉强；刚；几乎不；简直不
• adj.缺乏的；不足的；稀少的
• 网络稀有的；罕见的

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The authors drew on an economic principle to explain the finding: The more value we assign to our time, the scarcer it seems to us.

该文作者借鉴了经济原则来解释这一发现：分给时间的价值越多，在我们看来，时间就会显得越少。

The big western oil companies are trying to expand through acquisitions and investment, but the opportunities do so are becoming scarcer.

西方的石油大公司在尝试通过并购和投资来扩张，不过这样的机会已经越来越少。

How much scarcer could I be?

我还缺什么啊？

Inevitably India will now be able to direct more of its scarcer domestic uranium to its military needs.

不可避免的，印度目前将能够将其国内为数不多的铀直接用于军事用途了。

The scarcer the security you want to swap, the lower the interest rate you pay for the cash, known as the repo rate.

你想要掉期（swap）的债券越稀缺，你为借取使用的现金付出的利率就越低，这个利率就是所谓的回购利率（reporate）。

It may be a long way from the Rift Valley, a tribal tinderbox where jobs are scarce and land even scarcer, to the tidy streets of The Hague.

也许从东非大裂谷，一个部落的火药桶，在那里工作是稀少的，而土地更为荒凉，到海牙熙熙攘攘的大街有很长的路程。

With money scarcer, those governments that do not spend it well will find themselves subject to popular protests.

由于经费不足，无法砸大钱投入选战的那些政府将发现自己屈从于老百姓的抗议。

Professionally produced content, however, is likely to become much scarcer for those unwilling to pay for it.

不过，对于不愿意付费的用户来说，专业内容可能会变得非常稀少。

Farming is possible only in valleys fed by glacial runoff, and these are becoming scarcer as glaciers disappear due to warming.

农业只能在那些有冰川流水的村庄发展，但是这些地方因为全球变暖导致的冰川融化而越来越困难。

Dearer, scarcer credit is not the only reason.

稀少的信贷不是唯一的原因。

And if you're a woman over 40, you might as well just play a grandma. The roles are even scarcer.

当然，如果你又年过40，那也许你只能去演别人的奶奶了，甚至连这样的演出机会都会越来越少。

And yet pure iron is scarcer than gold or diamonds.

然而纯铁比黄金或金刚石还罕见。

Infantry regiments tend to recruit from poor areas where jobs are scarce and A-levels scarcer.

步兵团更趋向于从工作机会稀少而拥有高中会考证书的人就更加稀少的贫困地区征兵。

Capital as a punishment promises to be scarcer still.

而作为一种惩罚手段，可能还更为稀缺。

With investment scarce and jobs even scarcer, countries that sparkle in global league tables can send a powerful signal to investors.

随着投资以及就业岗位减少，在全球排名榜上占据前列的国家们可以很好地吸引投资者们。

You can lay off kitchen staff when times get tough, or substitute the cheaper tilapia for the fancier and scarcer Chilean sea bass.

不景气的时候你可以裁员，或者用便宜的罗非鱼代替更贵更稀少的智利海鲈。

Meanwhile, Gulf states have decided it makes business sense to sell their ever-scarcer oil and buy nuclear power for themselves.

与此同时，海湾国家决定，出售日渐稀少的石油为自己购买核电是可行的。

This year, with the global economy desiccating by the day, liquidity is scarcer still.

今年，随着全球经济日渐萎缩，流动性也越发短缺。

One good Husband is worth two good Wives; for the scarcer things are the more they're valued.

一个好丈夫抵上两个好妻子，物以稀为贵。

It could make a big difference at a time when the population is growing, farming costs are rising, and water is becoming scarcer.

当人口在增长，耕作成本提高，水变得更短缺，这种方法就意义重大了。

To avoid similar credit crises in the future, thrift must replace leverage and scarcer capital has to be invested more productively.

为避免今后发生类似的信贷危机，必须以节俭取代举债行为，更为稀缺的资金必须进行更具生产性的投资。

Food is scarcer now thanks to market liberalisation, which helped to cut excess production and lower stocks.

由于市场自由化削减了过剩的粮食产量并且降低了粮食存货，目前粮食出现了短缺。

Yet most are still more concerned that the economy could yet nosedive as credit becomes scarcer.

不过，大多数人所关注的仍然是在信贷较困难的情况下，经济可能还会暴跌。

But others say continued demand from China in coming years and falling ore grades mean supply will become scarcer.

但其他人称，未来数年中国持续不断的需求，以及铁矿石级别下降，意味着供应将紧俏。

Some want new production curbs imposed immediately to make milk scarcer and thus more expensive.

一些奶农甚至希望新的产品抑制物能马上出现，使牛奶变得稀有，从而卖价更高。

In many places water is becoming scarcer . Treating it as a right makes the scarcity worse.

在很多地方水资源非常稀少，再把它当做一项权利会使水源本已稀缺的情况变得更加糟糕。

Could that change as populations grow, climates change and water becomes ever scarcer?

随着人口增长、气候变化以及水资源日益稀少，上述情形会否发生变化呢？

This shows an interesting aspect of human nature. The scarcer something is, the more highly people tend to value it.

这项研究说明了人类天性中极为有趣的一面：人们往往认为越稀罕的东西价值就越高。

As they hoard capital in response, credit is rapidly becoming both scarcer and more expensive.

作为对策，银行开始囤积资金，信贷很快就变得更加稀缺和昂贵。

It is widely believed that it came from animals and humans sharing ever scarcer water.

人们普遍认为，霍乱是因人与动物共用越来越少的水所致。

(Condition of 4) psychedelic covet: Scarcer , have occasionally brief photism, phonism persecutes with messier, unfixed covet.

幻觉妄想状态：较少见，偶有短暂的幻视、幻听和较零乱、不固定的迫害妄想等。

Yet in many farming regions, water is scarce and likely to get scarcer as global warming worsens.

然而，许多务农区水资源缺乏，并很有可能随着全球变暖的加剧更加缺乏。

and it will mean scarcer and costlier loans for Italian companies, which in turn may slow economic growth and hamper debt repayment.

对意大利的公司来说，这将意味着很难贷到款且贷款成本太高，反过来，这会导致经济放缓，债务清偿困难。

Moreover, bank lending has become scarcer as European banks boost their capital buffers.

此外，由于欧洲的银行开始增加缓冲资本金，银行贷款正变得更为稀少。

In the mid-1880s, aluminum was a semi-precious metal, scarcer than silver.

在1880年代中期，铝是半贵重金属，比银要稀少。

With jobs scarcer and the pound weak, Britain is a less attractive destination and some migrants are returning home.

由于工作难找，英镑疲软，英国对于移民吸引力下降，一些人回到自己原来的国家。

The Pentagon is focusing scarcer defense dollars on ways to counter the kinds of weapons China is now building.

五角大楼在聚焦中国没有被计入的一部分国防预算正在建造。

What could be scarcer or more precious than love?

有什么比爱更稀有，更珍贵的吗？

Clean water has become scarce and will become even scarcer with the onset of climate change.

清洁饮水已经成为稀缺资源，而且随着气候变化的到来将变得更加稀缺。

Jobs for the young were getting scarcer even before the crash.

对于年轻人来说工作岗位甚至比金融危机前更加稀缺。