paucity

• n. 不足、少数、少数

ラテン語のpaucus, little, smallから、PIE *pau-ko、*pau, little, smallから、語源的にはfew, poorと同じ。

paucity

paucity: see few

paucity (n.)

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.)).

1. a paucity of information

情報の不足

2.The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.

果物不足は干ばつによるものだ。

3.Even the film 's impressive finale can 't hide the first hour 's paucity of imagination.

この映画の結末は囲み可能で、それでも1時間前の想像力の欠如を隠すことはできない。

4.The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.

細胞が少ないため、結果は常に不満である。

5.However,there is a paucity of research on the issue with Chinese subjects.

しかし、中国語を使用する被験者を検討する研究はあまりない。