比较级： scarcer
最高级： scarcest

Posters commemorating mao 's death are scarce .

纪念毛逝世的宣传画甚为稀少。

Overall , investment in western china is still scarce and scattered .

总体来讲，在中国西部，投资仍然稀少且分散。

Gold is prized because it is both beautiful and scarce .

黄金以其美观和稀有和价值不菲。

Government spending merely directs scarce factors of production away from their most productive uses .

政府支出仅仅是把稀有的生产资料从最有生产效率的领域转移出去。

What has become relatively scarce over the past few years is affluent men .

在过去的几年，社会上相对缺乏的是富裕的男人。