今日の単語 dearth

dearth

１．今日の単語は dearth 読み方は音で確認しておいたほうがいいですね。知っていないと耳に入ってこない。（ほかの単語も同じですが）

‘This is a state of urgency’: Dearth of black women playing cricket needs to be addressed　- Just two of the 58 full-time professional women’s cricketers in England are black – and Ebony Rainford-Brent says this must improve (from Telegraph)

緊急事態、なんですかね。そのくらいの意識でないと何も変わらないかもしれません。

Davis finds Voice on dearth of Indigenous lawyers – Why are young Indigenous people shunning the law as a career? Is it because they no longer see it as a force for change? (from Financial Review)

どこの国の話かがわからなかったのですが、土着の民族の方の弁護士が dearth だと言っています。キャリアとしての法曹界を避けているのでしょうか。

Amid dearth of vaccines, Bengal to use half of supply for second jab – In the wake of the scarcity of Covid-19 vaccines, the West Bengal health department on Tuesday decided to utilise 50 per cent of the upcoming supply of doses to inoculate people scheduled to get the second jab, a senior official said. He said that till Monday, there were around 8.44 crore people in West Bengal who were yet to get the second dose. (from The Economic Times)

ワクチン不足。

The region is suffering from a dearth of medical specialists.

医療従事者不足。

２．～不足、というとすぐに lack of が浮かびますが、こんな単語も取り入れたいですね。英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認してみましょう。

an amount or supply that is not large enough

an amount of something that is too small, a lack

a situation when there is not enough of something

不足、欠乏

食糧不足、飢饉

今日の単語は

dearth 不足

でした

一週間前の単語は、、、今日の単語 misgiving 不安、懸念、でしたね。