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a paucity of sth
paucity 为正式用词，通常与 a 连用，后接不可数名词或复数名词，强调数量不足。
There is a paucity of reliable data on this issue.
关于这个问题，缺乏可靠的数据。
缺乏；不足；稀少
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
缺乏；不足；稀少
an insufficient quantity or number
There is a paucity of reliable data on this issue.
关于这个问题，缺乏可靠的数据。
数量少；太少。
Fewness in number; too few.
大小或数量上的不足；贫乏,缺乏。
A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
There is a paucity of fresh vegetables in this remote village during winter.
在这个偏远的村庄，冬天缺乏新鲜蔬菜。
The paucity of job opportunities has led many young people to move abroad.
工作机会的匮乏导致许多年轻人移居国外。
Despite the paucity of published research, the scientist remained confident in her theory.
尽管已发表的研究很少，这位科学家仍对她的理论充满信心。
paucity 为正式用词，通常与 a 连用，后接不可数名词或复数名词，强调数量不足。
There is a paucity of reliable data on this issue.
关于这个问题，缺乏可靠的数据。
Not this
There is paucity of evidence.
Use this
There is a paucity of evidence.
paucity 是可数名词，常用单数形式 a paucity of... 表示“缺乏；不足”。汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 a；英语中此处必须加不定冠词。
Not this
The paucity clean water is a serious problem.
Use this
The paucity of clean water is a serious problem.
paucity 表示“缺乏”时，后面用介词 of 引出缺乏的事物，即 the paucity of sth.。漏掉 of 是受汉语“缺乏干净的水”逐字翻译的影响。
Not this
There are a paucity of affordable houses in the city.
Use this
There is a paucity of affordable houses in the city.
主语是 a paucity（单数），谓语动词要用单数 is，不能看到后面的复数 houses 就误用 are。这是 There be 句型中的主谓一致问题。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
证据不足
The investigation was hampered by a paucity of evidence.
调查因证据不足而受阻。
信息匮乏
There is a paucity of information on this rare disease.
关于这种罕见疾病的信息匮乏。
资源缺乏
The school struggled due to a paucity of resources.
这所学校因资源缺乏而举步维艰。
相对缺乏
The region's relative paucity of rainfall limits farming.
该地区降雨相对缺乏，限制了农业生产。
选择很少
Consumers face a paucity of options in the small town.
在这个小镇，消费者的选择很少。
Use paucity naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
谐音“poor city”（贫穷的城市）：穷城物资匮乏，记住 paucity 就是“缺乏、稀少”。
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、正式报告 通常用于正式或学术语境，表示数量不足；日常口语中较少使用。
这些词都以 -city 结尾，词尾均读 /səti/；但 paucity 的重读元音是 /ɒː/，与 scarcity (/eə/)、capacity (/æ/)、ferocity (/ɒ/)、velocity (/ɒ/)、tenacity (/æ/)、veracity (/æ/) 不同，因此这些词不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.