This confusion has been exacerbated by a paucity of serious attempts to synthesize and evaluate available data on the details of avian and dinosaurian evolution.
由于缺乏认真的尝试来综合和评估鸟类和恐龙进化细节的现有数据,这种混乱变得更加严重。
Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
这部电影在开头一个小时中毫无想象力,即使有个让人印象深刻的结局也无法掩盖这个缺憾。
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Many policy makers insist that consumer spending is a strong economic catalyst and, therefore, a paucity of retail stores is a contributing factor to low-performing economies.