sparsely

英 [spɑ:slɪ]

美 [ˈspɑrslɪ]

adv.  稀少; 稀疏地; 节省地

TOEFL

BNC.18460 / COCA.14377

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 稀少的;稀疏的
  Something that issparseis small in number or amount and spread out over an area.
  1. Many slopes are rock fields with sparse vegetation...
     许多山坡都是石头地，植被稀疏。
  2. He was a tubby little man in his fifties, with sparse hair...
     他50来岁，头发稀疏，身材矮胖。
  3. Traffic was sparse on the highway.
     公路上车流稀少。

英英释义

adv

• in a sparse manner
  1. sparsely inhabited

双语例句

• The light, fertile soil of this sparsely populated land.
  这一带地广人稀的轻质沃土。
• The framework model usually consists sparsely of main seismic reflectors with seismic attributes evenly distributed between them.
  通常的模型框架是，在几个稀疏的主要目的反射层位间，以均匀充填地震参数的方式构成。
• The humid regions, many of which are sparsely peopled.
  其中好多皆系人烟稀少的潮湿地区。
• Loves the lonely colleague uncoordinated, does not cooperate, to interpersonal leaves sparsely, is extremely unsatisfied!
  爱孤独同事的不协调、不合作，对人际疏离，极不满意！
• He considered a sparsely populated region most suitable, but such regions were few in crowded China.
  他认为人烟稀少的地方最合适，可是这样的地方在人口稠密的中国是不容易找到的。
• Still more telling was the contrast between schools and offices when lessons and meetings went ahead sparsely attended.
  但更能说明问题的是，在尽管参加人数寥寥，但课程和会议仍如期进行的情况下，学校与办公室之间的反差。
• With independence, the United States relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix Islands and all but three of the Line Islands, which became part of Kiribati territory.
  随着基里巴斯的独立，美国放弃了人烟罕至的菲尼克斯群岛（phoenixislands）和除其他三个沿线岛屿的认领权，这些岛屿后来成为了基里巴斯的领土。
• But although such technology is widely available, industry officials warn that in China it is used only sparsely.
  然而行业官员警告称，尽管这类技术到处都能得到，但在中国的运用却很少。
• Plants from equatorial regions have large, thin sparsely hairy leaves.
  在赤道地区其植物叶片大而薄，并被以稀毛。
• The mountains are sparsely covered with shrubbery and trees.
  山上有稀疏的灌木和树覆盖。