ADJECTIVE | SCARCITY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great嚴重短缺➤growing, increasing日漸/日趨短缺▸➤relative相對短缺➤artificial人為造成的短缺➤food, land, resource, water食物短缺;土地稀缺;資源稀缺;水荒SCARCITY + NOUN➤value稀缺價值◇Old properties in the town have acquired a scarcity value.城裏的老房子變得物以稀為貴。PREPOSITION➤scarcity of⋯的匱乏◇There is a great scarcity of food in the drought-stricken areas.旱災地區食品嚴重短缺。PHRASES➤in times of scarcity在短缺時期◇In times of scarcity, lions will travel great distances in search of food.在食物短缺時,獅子會到很遠的地方覓食。