贫乏 poor; meagre; thin; short; lacking 精神上的贫乏 spiritual impoverishment; 经验贫乏 lack experience; 矿产贫乏的地区 a district poor in minerals; 内容贫乏 devoid of matter; 思想的贫乏 poverty in thought; 语言贫乏 flat, monotonous language; 资源贫乏 poor in natural resources; short of natural resources; 他的智力一定极为贫乏。 he must be sadly lacking in intelligence. 不要用这些怪僻的词藻来掩饰思想的贫乏。 don't conceal the poverty of thought by the eccentric diction