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English translation for "scanty"

[ 'skænti ] 
adj.
(-ier; -iest)
1.缺乏的,(数量)不足[不多]的 (opp.ample )。
2.狭小的,稀疏的。
3.吝啬的,俭省的。
短语和例子

adv.
-ily ,-iness n.
Example Sentences:
1.The want ads seemed scantier by the day .
招聘广告似乎逐日减少。
2.Crops are very scanty this year .
今年收成极少。
3.Bap measurement results were extremely scanty in this report .
在这个报告中,Bap的测定结果是十分缺乏的。
4.The knowledge about higher plant mitochondrial ribosomes is scanty .
关于高等植物线粒体核蛋白体的知识也少的可怜。
5.His head was large and ugly; he had pale scanty hair and an earthy skin .
他的脑袋大而丑,头发灰白稀疏,土色的皮肤。
6.He was kindly, within his scanty means generous, and obliging .
他和蔼可亲,在自己菲薄的经济能力范围内乐善好施,有求必应。
7.The weather grew drier and the grass became scanty and the nomads stirred afresh .
气候干燥,水草稀少,游牧民重新动荡起来。
8.He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available .
他们不得不从获得的稀少而贫乏的线索中尽其所能地进行推断。
9.He was cut off from all but a scanty radio communication with his armies .
他同他的部队之间除了零星无线电联络以外,一切的联系都被切断了。
10.We have to consider all contingencies in the employment of our scanty and overpressed air force .
我们在使用我们既属有限而又负担过重的空军时,必须考虑到一切意外事件。
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