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English translation for "scant"

[ skænt ] 
adj.
1.缺乏的,不足的,不够的 (of)。
2.恰好够的。
3.将近的。
4.俭约的,节省的;吝啬的。
短语和例子

vt.
〔英古、美〕
1. 限制,缩减。
2.克扣;吝惜。
3.不客气地对待。
adv.
〔美方〕好容易才,几乎不[没有]。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
Example Sentences:
1.He came here a scant three months ago .
他将近三个月以前才到这里。
2.As a healer of bodies i had scant success .
作为治疗肌体的医生,我的成就甚微。
3.Johnny paid scant heed to all these attention .
约翰尼对所有这些荣誉都不屑一顾。
4.He received scant compassion or even understanding .
人们很少同情他,更谈不上了解他。
5.The expeditions were often out of meat, and scant of clothes .
探险人常常吃不到肉,衣服也很缺乏。
6.When the boar was a scant seventy-five feet away, he fired .
当野猪离他不到七十五的时候,他开了枪。
7.However, he paid the scant attention-everybody to their own troubles .
可他没有注意到--大家各扫门前雪。
8.The child who, in these not very impressive circumstances, appeared in the world, received but scant attention .
这个孩子生在这样不甚显赫的环境里,不大引起人们的注意。
9.Progressives and champions of social justice in the north at first paid scant attention to the niagara rebels .
北方进步派和争取社会正义的战士最初对尼亚加拉造反者不太注意。
10.Then on june 25, we failed on a tie vote, 204 to 204, to obtain even this scant relief .
到了六月二十五日,我们连这样一点细微的安慰都得不到了:投票结果势均力敌,204票对204票。
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