dearth

the dearth of well-crafted novels authored by british writers is unmistakable.

英国作家撰写的优秀小说明显短缺。

Cave painting connects us with our prehistoric artist ancestors. But there's a dearth of such illustration in the Americas.

洞穴壁画与我们的史前艺术家祖先们息息相关，但在美洲却一直缺少一个揭示此类远古艺术存在的证据。

That is cold comfort for policymakers, as the spot price for a kilo of pork in China has surpassed the 2011 peak thanks to a dearth of breeding sows and growing domestic consumption that have driven record imports of Chinese consumers" favourite meat from foreign farms.

这对政策制定者不是什么安慰。中国猪肉现货价格已经超过了2011年的峰值，能繁母猪存栏量不足和日益增加的国内消费使得中国消费者最钟爱的猪肉的进口量达到创纪录水平。