paucity

1. N-SING If you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it. 短缺[正式] [N 'of' n]

Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination. 這部電影在開頭一個小時中毫無想象力，即使有個讓人印象深刻的結(jié)局也無法掩蓋這個缺憾。

...the paucity of good women sprinters. ...優(yōu)秀女子短跑選手的匱乏。