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 Sahara desert is a district sparsely inhabited.
  撒哈拉沙漠是个人烟稀少的地区。
• The area is sparsely populated, but the knock-on effects from the eruption have been considerable.
  这部分地区人口虽然不多，但此次火山爆发仍然引起了影响极大的连锁反应。
• 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。
• It was sparsely wooded and desolate.
  这里树木稀少，荒无人烟。
• The meal arrives, the food sparsely presented on earthy yellow plates.
  菜上来了，食物稀疏地摆放在土黄色的盘子上。
• Relative to its size, the city is sparsely populated.
  与它的面积相比，这座城市人口极为稀少。
• The mountains are sparsely covered with shrubbery and trees.
  山上有稀疏的灌木和树覆盖。
• It is sparsely furnished, with a desk but no sofa and bunk beds in the corner.
  不过他家里不如朱云翠和尹华军布置得舒适，没有沙发，只稀疏摆着一张桌子和角落里的双层床。
• This frightening family lived in a big, sparsely furnished wood house.
  这可怕的一家住在一间宽敞的的木屋里，家具很少。
• 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。