late 14c., from Old French paucité (14c.) and directly from Latin paucitatem (nominative paucitas) "fewness, scarcity, a small number," from paucus "few, little," from PIE *pau-ko-, from root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cognates: Latin paullus "little;" Old English feawe "few;" see few (adj.)).
实用例句
1. a paucity of information
信息的短缺
来自《权威词典》
2. The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.
水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
这部电影的结局可圈可点，即使这样也无法掩盖前一个小时想象力贫乏的缺憾。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.
因细胞稀少,结果常令人不满意.
来自辞典例句
5. However, there is a paucity of research on the issue with Chinese subjects.