scarce

Food was scarce and expensive.

食物匮乏而且昂贵。

In college, time is scarce, and consequently, very precious.

在大学里，时间是有限的，因此也非常宝贵。

In some cases, water is so scarce that farmers break open sewage pipes transporting waste to local rivers.

在某些情况，水稀缺到农民们不得不打开污水管道，将污水输送到当地的河流。

This kind of training is ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources.

这种训练没有效果，浪费了稀有资源。

The report found that although some king penguins may be able to relocate to new breeding grounds closer to their retreating food source, suitable new habitats would be scarce.

该报告发现，尽管一些王企鹅可能能够迁移到新繁殖地，距离它们放弃的食物来源更近，但合适的新栖息地将会稀缺。

I can scarce remember him.

我几乎想不起他了。