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 ★英国现在常用的是 scanty. a scant attendance 出席者[听众]稀少。 a scant supply of food 食品供应不足。 a scant halfhour 恰好[仅仅]半小时。 a scant five yards 刚够五码。 be scant of money 钱不够[缺钱]。 fat and scant of breath 胖得喘气。 with scant courtesy 不太礼貌地，有点不客气地。 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.
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" 同义词：stint, skimp,
limit in quality or quantity 同义词：skimp,
work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially 同义词：skimp,
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" 同义词：light, short,
例句与用法
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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。
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Johnny paid scant heed to all these attention . 约翰尼对所有这些荣誉都不屑一顾。
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He received scant compassion or even understanding . 人们很少同情他，更谈不上了解他。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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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