scant
- adj. 不足的;缺乏的;勉强够的
- vt. 减少;节省;限制
实用场景例句
- I paid scant attention to what she was saying.
- 我没大注意她在说什么。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This hole was a scant .23 inches in diameter...
- 这个洞眼的直径只有 0.23 英寸。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He received scant compassion or even understanding.
- 人们很少同情他,更谈不上了解他.
辞典例句
- The general had to scant his men's rations.
- 将军不得不减少士兵的口粮.
辞典例句
- He paid scant attention to what was said.
- 他没怎么注意听讲.
《简明英汉词典》
- At the time market players paid scant attention to it.
- 当时,市场并没有太过在意.
期刊摘选
- Scant attention was paid to modern Indian art until the end of the 1990 s.
- 直到90年代末,印度的现代艺术品还无人关注.
期刊摘选
- Use a scant cup of flour.
- 用浅浅的一杯面粉.
辞典例句
- Europe had scant resources in precious metals and the economy itself needed and silver.
- 欧洲极其缺乏贵金属,而经济的发展需要大量的金银.
期刊摘选
- He paid scant attention to my warnings.
- 他对我的警告很少理睬.
辞典例句
- The atrophic glands have scant cytoplasm and hyperchromatic nuclei with occasional punctate nucleoli.
- 萎缩腺体内细胞的胞浆含量少,核浓染,偶尔可见斑点状核仁.
期刊摘选
- But there would be scant need to worry about a broad slip in productivity.
- 但也没有必要担心生产率在更多的产业中下降.
期刊摘选
- UNTIL the financial crisis hit, America's mounting imbalances drew scant attention from presidents.
- 直到金融危机爆发前, 历任美国总统对不断积累的贸易失衡可说是漠不关心.
期刊摘选
- In fact, that is a scant two hours'little quiz.
- 事实上, 那是一个不足两小时的小测验.
期刊摘选
- There is scant sign that the depreciation has aggravated price pressures.
- 有少数的迹象表明,贬值已经增大了价格压力.
期刊摘选
- Many mothers pay scant attention to their own needs when their children are small.
- 孩子们小的时候,许多母亲都忽视自己的需求.
《简明英汉词典》
- The rest of the drive is a scant 2.9 mm.
- 驱动器的其余部分是一个很少2.9毫米.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- You have a scant hour in which to pack.
- 你有一小时来整理行李.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Specific commitments were scant because the Bush administration remains skeptical of climate change.
- 声明中少有特定的决议,因为布希政府仍然对气候变迁的现象抱持怀疑的态度.
期刊摘选
- That scheme bears scant resemblance to the liberal democracy under which he was elected.
- 独裁体制几乎不能兼容于曾让他当选总统的自由民主.
期刊摘选
- My test is on Scant Ron, so I bought a #2 pencil.
- 这次考试是用电脑阅卷卡, 所以我买了一支2号铅笔.
期刊摘选
- Congress's final tax and spending decisions often bear scant resemblance to the White House's requests.
- 最后国会确定的收入和支出数,往往和白宫的要求步调不一.
期刊摘选
- Don't scant the butter when you make a cake.
- 做糕饼时不要吝惜奶油.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
辞典例句
- I paid scant attention to what she was saying.
- 我没大注意她在说什么。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》