In an age of excess wealth, happiness has become a scarce commodity.

In much of the western half of the country, water is a scarce commodity.

在西部的许多州中，水是稀有的商品。

It was once a scarce commodity that was almost as valuable as gold.

盐曾经一度因供应缺乏,而变得犹如黄金般珍贵.

When the society was scarce of medical resources, public hospitals should be the main supplier to deliver medical services.

在医疗卫生资源稀缺时期，公立医院应当是配置主体。

We are scarce of provisions.

我们缺乏粮食。

The "scarce" of the present resources is institutional.

现有资源的“稀缺”是制度性的。

the arrangement in the finished area is disorderly, the green land system is scarce of in connective.

建成区布局紊乱，绿地系统缺乏连通性。

problem-solving in a social context, such as how to distribute scarce goods or defend the clan;

其三是在社会大背景下解决问题的过程，比如如何在物资紧缺是分发产品和如何保卫自己的家族；

Hundreds of lorries arrive from Tunisia every day, as well as private cars laden with scarce goods.

每天有几百辆货车从突尼斯开入，还有私人轿车携带紧缺物资进入利比亚。

I have a point: but all that is "life-saving medicine" is not the scarce goods.

笔者有一个观点：但凡是“救命药”都不该是紧缺品。

When those scarce goods are vital for the smooth running of the economy (as oil is), it is natural for countries to get a bit desperate.

当那些短缺的商品对于经济正常运行至关重要时（比如原油），国家自然就会变得有点疯狂。

At least in Russia, consumers could buy without coupons; the price was standing in line or getting scarce goods through "connections. "

至少在俄国，人们不用拿着配给券买东西，明码标价，价位统一，若有紧俏商品需求，他们靠走走关系获取。

Far better, if possible, to let this work: not only are high prices an efficient way to ration scarce goods, they also encourage those capable of doing so to boost production, and thus, ultimately, bring prices down again.

如果可能的话，最好是让定价机制发挥作用：提高价格不仅能有效实现稀缺产品的限制供应，还会鼓励有能力这样做的供应方增加产出，最终再将价格降下来。

Another was the importance of personal connections in obtaining scarce goods and services.

另一后遗症则是私人关系在获取短缺物资及服务时变得特别重要。

Along with the vigorous development of the aviation industry, the pilots become important, scarce resources.

随着我国航空事业的蓬勃发展，飞行员成为重要的、稀缺的资源。

The functions of property right system are various: incentive, constraints, efficient allocation of scarce resources.

产权制度的功能多种多样，其基木的功能主要表现在：激励功能、制约功能、高效率配置稀缺资源功能。

Social capital is the ability of actors to obtain scarce resources through social network and benefit from it.

经济学研究的目的是社会收益最大化，因此稀缺资源被配置在市场，企业与政府应以此为原则。

The allocation of the scarce resources.

分配这些稀少的资源。

Along with our country accelerating urbanization in recent years, land is becoming increasingly scarce resources.

随着我国近年来城市化进程的不断加快，土地成为日益稀缺的资源。

Economists study the way a society uses scarce resources such as land, labor and raw materials.

经济学家研究社会使用土地，劳力及原材料等稀有资源的方式。

China is criticized as the great global polluter and user of scarce resources.

中国被批评是一个巨大的全球污染制造者和稀有资源消耗者。