英文词汇“物以稀为贵”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典

单词

物以稀为贵

释义

物以稀为贵wù yǐ xī wéi guì

a thing is priced if it is rare; a thing is valued in proportion to its rarity;objects are valued because of their rarity; what is rare (/scarce) is precious
❍ ～，警备队的头子苏沛霖听说手下有这么一个人才，立即提拔他当了武术教官。(冯志《敌后武工队》295) But this technique,being rare,was precious. When the puppet commander. Su Peilin,heard that there was a man with this a bility under his command,he immediately elevated him to the position of wu shu(traditional boxing)instructor.
❍ 我生在周氏是长男，“～”，父亲怕我有出息，因此养不大，不到一岁，便领到长庆寺里去，拜了一个和尚为师了。(《鲁迅选集》上—301) I was the first boy in the Zhou family,and since “what is rare is prized”my father feared that I might show promise and die young,therefore before I was one year old I was carried to Changqing Monastery and a monk was chosen as my master.

物以稀为贵wu yi xi wei gui

when a thing is rare,it becomes precious

物以稀为贵

Rare things are precious.or:Scarcity enhances value.or:When a thing becomes rare,its value will go up.

物以稀为贵wù yǐ xī wéi ɡuì

指事物非常稀奇，它也就非常珍贵。when a thing is scarce, it is precious; a thing is priced if it is rare; The rarer a thing is, the more it is worth.

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