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/skers/ · /skeəs/
Scarce means there is not enough of something — it's hard to find or get, often because demand is high or supply is low. 'Jobs are scarce' means there aren't many available; 'scarce resources' means there isn't much of something important to go around.
稀少的；缺乏的
比較級 scarcer最高級 scarcest
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Scarcename
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A surname.
scarceadj/ˈskɛəs/
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Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
- By the end of the 20th century elephants had become scarce even in Africa.
- You tell him silver is scarcer now in England, and therefore risen in value one fifth.
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Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
- The project failed due to the scarce resources in the national market.
- a region scarce of prey
scarceadv/ˈskɛəs/
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archaicliteraryScarcely, only just.
- The Virgin quite for her requeſt / The God that ſits at marriage feaſt; / He at their invoking came / But with a ſcarce-wel-lighted flame; / And in his Garland as he ſtood, / Ye might diſcern a Cipreſs bud.
- I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but Bread and Water. As the Wafer digeſted, the Tincture mounted to his Brain, bearing the Propoſition along with it.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。