thin on the ground

常见例句

Examples are thin on the ground, either because they do not exist or because they have yet to be discovered.
这样的例子实属凤毛麟角，原因是要么根本不存在，要么还没有被发现。
As parents tend to pass on genes that determine looks, this could result in handsome men becoming rather thin on the ground.
因为父母会将决定长相的基因遗传下去，这可能会导致地球上长相英俊的男人变得更加稀有。
Whether in the land of his birth or the town of his death, Tyndale buffs are still regrettably thin on the ground, and it is hard to follow his trail.
遗憾的是，无论在他的出生地还是殉难地，廷代尔的拥趸依然少之又少，他的足迹也难以追寻。

Yet the latter can be useful, particularly when the former are still rather thin on the ground.
ECONOMIST: The United Nations
And Lib Dem victories have so far been embarrassingly thin on the ground.
ECONOMIST: The Scottish play
That being more or less the standard line-up tends to confirm my belief that constitutional purists are thin on the ground.
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