scant

英 [skænt]

美 [skænt]

adj.  一丁点的; 微小的; 不足的; 欠缺的
vt.  限制; 节省; 吝惜

过去分词：scanted　最高级：scantest　现在分词：scanting　过去式：scanted　第三人称单数：scants　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11291 / COCA.9142

牛津词典

adj.

• 一丁点的；微小的；不足的；欠缺的
  hardly any; not very much and not as much as there should be
  1. I paid scant attention to what she was saying.
     我没大注意她在说什么。
  2. The firefighters went back into the house with scant regard for their own safety.
     消防员奋不顾身地返回那座房子。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 一丁点的;微小的;不足的;欠缺的
  You usescantto indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be.
  1. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
     她开始痛斥警方对她车内被窃一案不够关注。
  2. ...forces that have shown scant respect for Red Cross markings or UN flags...
     对红十字会标志和联合国旗帜不屑一顾的军队
  3. There is scant evidence of strong economic growth to come.
     没有足够的证据表明经济将会突飞猛进。
• ADJ (强调数目)小的,很小的，仅有的
  If you describe an amount asscant, you are emphasizing that it is small.
  1. This hole was a scant .23 inches in diameter...
     这个洞眼的直径只有 0.23 英寸。
  2. In fact, Richard Savage had known Edward Bellamy a scant five hours.
     实际上，理查德·萨维奇和爱德华·贝拉米相识才仅仅 5 个小时。

英英释义

verb

• supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  1. sting with the allowance
  Synonym:stintskimp
• limit in quality or quantity
  Synonym:skimp
• work hastily or carelessly
  Synonym:skimp

双语例句

• When the boar was a scant seventy-five feet away, he fired.
  当野猪离他不到七十五呎的时候，他开了枪。
• The thing that strikes me the most is their scant understanding of RUP concepts and principles.
  令我惊讶的是大部分人缺乏对RUP概念和原则的了解。
• I have, of my sixty teachers, a scant half dozen who can not have been supplanted by phonograph.
  我的六十位老师之中，不可能以留声机来取代的，我看不到半打。
• International nonprofit marketing, which has received only scant attention, should not be overlooked.
  非赢利性国际营销，一直没有得到重视，但不应忽视。
• This hole was a scant. 23 inches in diameter
  这个洞眼的直径只有0.23英寸。
• Optimists note that the housing slowdown has so far had scant impact on consumer spending.
  乐观派注意到房价的减速至今还未对消费支出造成巨大冲击。
• Often the developers who wrote these applications have left the company, leaving behind only scant documentation.
  通常，编写这些应用程序的开发人员已经离开企业，只留下不完全的文档。
• Waiting for pages to rebuild is a thing of the past because template changes are made in scant seconds.
  等待页面重建是过去的事了，因为模板更改非常迅速。
• She therefore replied by glancing over her scant habiliments; but Clare gently urged her.
  因此，她打量了一眼身上的穿着，算是回答；不过克莱尔用温柔的目光鼓励她。
• There is scant evidence of strong economic growth to come.
  没有足够的证据表明经济将会突飞猛进。