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The notion that a "bit of reserves" would help keep you from getting sick probably stems from the days when food was scarce, he said.

他说，食物不足时，“储备量”的观点可能会使你免于生病。

Scarce and expensive skilled labour is often a spur to invention.

稀缺而价格昂贵的技术劳动常常是发明创造的推动力量。

I had by no means shaken off the feeling of oppression, and wherever I might have been should scarce have been quite conscious of the place.

我并没有驱除掉心中那种压抑的感觉，不管我是在什么地方，我对周围的环境简直是毫无认识。

He found "a little rise of ground. . . white sand mixed with a little gravel; scarce fit to bear anything. "

他发现“小小的一块山岗地……白色沙土中混着一点沙砾；几乎种不活任何东西。”

No doubt that this occupies a unique landscape of scarce resources, villa, villa of the king, unmatched.

不容置疑，这种占据得天独厚稀缺景观资源的别墅，是别墅中的王者，无可媲美。

Right now he is focused on trying to shift dirty, low-wage manufacturing out of Guangzhou to the countryside, where jobs are still scarce.

汪洋目前的重点是把肮脏的、低工资的制造业从广州转移到就业机会仍然稀缺的农村。

Thanks for giving intelligent and scientifically sound beauty advice, something that seems to be woefully scarce.

谢谢你给予我明智的以及听起来很科学的建议，这些建议似乎少得可怜。

Information about this era is scarce, but it is likely that peoples collectively known as the Yue inhabited the region.

了解这个时代是稀少的，但它很可能是民族统称为越有人居住的地区。

Jobs are scarce at the moment, so you've got to be realistic.

工作机会现在很少，所以你必需现实一点。

I sat down and looked upon these things two hours together, and scarce spoke a word.

我坐在那里，呆望着这些东西，接连两个钟头几乎一句话也没有说。

What a woman wants is what you're out of. She wants more of a thing when it's scarce.

女人想要的东西就是你没有的东西。当一种东西变得稀少时，她便想得到更多。

If infinite quantities of every good could be produced, people would not worry about the efficient use of scarce resources.

如果人们能够无限多生产每一种商品，就不会担心稀缺资源的有效运用问题。

With details scarce for now, analysts struggle to understand Google's move into a highly competitive business in which it has no experience.

由于目前还未获悉细节，分析人士难以理解：谷歌为何要进军一个竞争异常激烈而自身毫无经验的市场。

In the long run, at least, higher prices should trigger supply increases, and see scarce resources used more efficiently.

至少从长期而言，价格上涨应会导致供应增加，同时稀缺资源得到更为有效的利用。

Real Venetians have become scarce and many say the city is fast becoming nothing but a tourist destination.

真正的威尼斯人已经非常稀少。许多人表示，很快，这个城市将仅仅只是一个旅游目的地。

But still have some support at the bottom, high quality cotton is still scarce and overall supply and demand should not be too optimistic.

但料下方仍然有一定支撑，因高品质棉依旧稀缺且总体供需仍不容过于乐观。

Since much of the cost of higher education is forgone earnings, its advantages are even clearer at a time when jobs are scarce.

因为许多高等教育的代价是放弃收入，因此在这么一个工作稀缺的年代高等教育的优势就愈加明显了。

If cutlery and crockery are scarce it might be a good idea to get a little lunch bowl and fork or spoon.

如果缺少刀具和餐具，那么备上一个小餐碗和一把小叉或汤勺也不错。

A very little boy stood up and sheepishly recited, "You'd scarce expect one of my age to speak in public on the stage, " etc.

一个年龄小的男孩站起来按事先准备好的说：“大家可能没有想到，像我这年龄的孩子会到讲台上来当众演讲。”

In this it has plenty of company. Most of its main British rivals are also thought to be unprofitable, though hard data are scarce.

像Ocado这样的网络杂货商在英国还有很多，尽管缺乏第一手的数据，但大多数公司都被认为是不盈利的。