The food was scarce during the war.

战争期间食物。

Eggs are scarce and expensive this month.

个月鸡蛋又少又贵。

Food commands a higher price when it is scarce.

食物（供应）不足时， 售价较高。

I was hunting for work. Jobs were scarce though.

我当时正找工作，不过工作可不好找。

Money is scarce with them .

他们钱。

Now that oil is scarce, the fate of the motor car is uncertain.

既然石油,那么汽车将来会怎样就难以预料了。

City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.

城市居民抱怨民工威胁着本来已很紧张的城市就业机会。

If food is scarce it's no use complaining; we shall just have to pull in our belts.

如食物, 抱怨也没有用, 我们只能勒紧裤腰带。

I don't know how scarce you mayn't make the wittles and drink here, by your flopping tricks and your unfeeling conduct.

我真不知道你那下跪祈祷的花招和硬心肠的胡闹会让家里吃少喝到什么程度。

Above is a natural maximum card created by a philatelist in the 80s, which is a rather scarce maximum card created in the period.

一枚80年代制作的自然极限片是一枚少见的马来西亚极限片。

(4) ponderosity spends mental development arrearage: Intelligence quotient is in 20 the following, scarcer, occupy the 1% less than of mental development arrearage about.

(4)极重度精神滞：智商在20以下，较少见，约占精神滞的1%以内。

On the left of the bay (when viewed seawards), the water is deeper but with similar coral colonies that are more scarce and small in size.

而右边的珊瑚则是种类相似但是体型较小，数量稀少。

Abstract : In dry area or sandy dryland, for the reason of scarce rainfall, windiness and lack of labor power and material resources, the low survivor ratio of afforestation were common.

摘要 ： 在干旱或荒漠地区造林，降雨稀少，风多且风大，加之人力、物力的贫乏等原因，导致造林成活率低。