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0【句子】In fact, water is always scarce in Botswana. 【Desperate Housewives S2E10】
【发音】/ɪn/ /fækt/ /ˈwɔː.tə/ /ˈwɑː.tər/ /ɪz/ /ˈɔːl.weɪz/ /ˈɑːl.weɪz/ /skeə(r)s/ /ɪn/ /bɒtˈswɑː.nə/ /bɑːtˈswɑː.nə/
【发音技巧】water闪音；is always连读；
【翻译】事实上，博茨瓦纳一直很缺水。
【适用场合】
今天我们来学习一下形容词scarce的用法，
在英文中，scarce可以理解成not easy to find or obtain “不易找到或获取的；稀缺的”；
或者看这条英文解释：if sth. is scarce, there is not enough of it and it is only available in small quantities“数量不足的；仅有少量的”；
eg: Food and clean water were becoming scarce.
食物和清洁用水变得越来越匮乏。
eg: Details of the accident are scarce.
这起事故的细节非常少。
eg: Fresh water and medicine were scarce in the flooded region.
在洪灾地区，淡水和药品十分紧缺。
eg: Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce.
就业机会日益稀缺。
eg: Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought.
干旱期间，新鲜蔬菜供应不足。
eg: With jobs so scarce, many young people have nothing to do.
由于就业机会如此之少，许多年轻人无事可做。
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战时，食物常常短缺。
