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The authors drew on an economic principle to explain the finding: The more value we assign to our time, the scarcer it seems to us.

该文作者借鉴了经济原则来解释这一发现：分给时间的价值越多，在我们看来，时间就会显得越少。

The big western oil companies are trying to expand through acquisitions and investment, but the opportunities do so are becoming scarcer.

西方的石油大公司在尝试通过并购和投资来扩张，不过这样的机会已经越来越少。

How much scarcer could I be?

我还缺什么啊？

Inevitably India will now be able to direct more of its scarcer domestic uranium to its military needs.

不可避免的，印度目前将能够将其国内为数不多的铀直接用于军事用途了。

The scarcer the security you want to swap, the lower the interest rate you pay for the cash, known as the repo rate.

你想要掉期（swap）的债券越稀缺，你为借取使用的现金付出的利率就越低，这个利率就是所谓的回购利率（reporate）。

It may be a long way from the Rift Valley, a tribal tinderbox where jobs are scarce and land even scarcer, to the tidy streets of The Hague.

也许从东非大裂谷，一个部落的火药桶，在那里工作是稀少的，而土地更为荒凉，到海牙熙熙攘攘的大街有很长的路程。

With money scarcer, those governments that do not spend it well will find themselves subject to popular protests.

由于经费不足，无法砸大钱投入选战的那些政府将发现自己屈从于老百姓的抗议。

Professionally produced content, however, is likely to become much scarcer for those unwilling to pay for it.

不过，对于不愿意付费的用户来说，专业内容可能会变得非常稀少。

Farming is possible only in valleys fed by glacial runoff, and these are becoming scarcer as glaciers disappear due to warming.

农业只能在那些有冰川流水的村庄发展，但是这些地方因为全球变暖导致的冰川融化而越来越困难。

Dearer, scarcer credit is not the only reason.

稀少的信贷不是唯一的原因。

And if you're a woman over 40, you might as well just play a grandma. The roles are even scarcer.

当然，如果你又年过40，那也许你只能去演别人的奶奶了，甚至连这样的演出机会都会越来越少。

And yet pure iron is scarcer than gold or diamonds.

然而纯铁比黄金或金刚石还罕见。

Infantry regiments tend to recruit from poor areas where jobs are scarce and A-levels scarcer.

步兵团更趋向于从工作机会稀少而拥有高中会考证书的人就更加稀少的贫困地区征兵。

Capital as a punishment promises to be scarcer still.

而作为一种惩罚手段，可能还更为稀缺。

With investment scarce and jobs even scarcer, countries that sparkle in global league tables can send a powerful signal to investors.

随着投资以及就业岗位减少，在全球排名榜上占据前列的国家们可以很好地吸引投资者们。

You can lay off kitchen staff when times get tough, or substitute the cheaper tilapia for the fancier and scarcer Chilean sea bass.

不景气的时候你可以裁员，或者用便宜的罗非鱼代替更贵更稀少的智利海鲈。

Meanwhile, Gulf states have decided it makes business sense to sell their ever-scarcer oil and buy nuclear power for themselves.

与此同时，海湾国家决定，出售日渐稀少的石油为自己购买核电是可行的。

This year, with the global economy desiccating by the day, liquidity is scarcer still.

今年，随着全球经济日渐萎缩，流动性也越发短缺。

One good Husband is worth two good Wives; for the scarcer things are the more they're valued.

一个好丈夫抵上两个好妻子，物以稀为贵。

It could make a big difference at a time when the population is growing, farming costs are rising, and water is becoming scarcer.

当人口在增长，耕作成本提高，水变得更短缺，这种方法就意义重大了。