六级Inflation, resource scarcity, reduced personnel levels and budget cuts have all underscore the need for better coordination in organizations.

通货膨胀、资源匮乏、人员减少和预算削减都突出了各组织更好协调的必要性。

2015年12月听力原文

考研Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people.

然而，在全世界的富人和穷人中都可以看出，感觉良好与花钱给别人之间的联系，而对大多数人来说，稀缺增加了大多数事情的乐趣。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Thanks to men like Curtice, "the bonds of scarcity" had been broken and America was rolling "to an all-time high of prosperity".

多亏了科蒂斯这样的人，“稀缺的纽带”已经被打破，美国正在“走向空前繁荣”。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级Thanks to men like Curtice, "the bonds of scarcity" had been broken and America was rolling "to an all-time high of prosperity"

多亏了科蒂斯这样的人，“稀缺的纽带”已经被打破，美国正“走向空前繁荣”

2013年6月阅读原文

四级As my colleague Vann Newkirk reported, Puerto rico is still confronting economic and structural destruction and resource scarcity from 2017's Hurricane Maria.

正如我的同事Vann Newkirk所报告的那样，波多黎各仍然面临2017年飓风玛丽亚造成的经济和结构破坏以及资源短缺。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.

由于奢侈品是稀缺的一种功能，未来的孩子们只会渴望从所有眨眼的机器、流媒体视频和滚动的标题中解脱出来，让他们感到空虚和太饱了。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级Thanks to men like Curtice, “the bonds of scarcity” had been broken and America was rolling “in an all-time high of prosperity”.

多亏了像柯蒂斯这样的人，“稀缺的纽带”被打破了，美国正“以前所未有的繁荣”前进。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

四级As my colleague Vann Newkirk reported, Puerto Rico is still confronting economic and structural destruction and resource scarcity from 2017’s Hurricane Maria.

正如我的同事Vann Newkirk报道的那样，波多黎各仍面临着2017年飓风玛丽亚造成的经济和结构破坏以及资源短缺。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第1套）