与其面积相比, 这个城市的人口是稀少的.Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.袋鼠与牛羊争夺稀少的食物和水。Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water.但后来约翰斯顿又遇到了包抄, 只得把日益稀少的部队再后撤几英里.Then Johnston , flanke...

“稀少的”的英语可以翻译为：exiguous，few，infrequent，rare，seldom ...