scant

美音：[skænt] 英音：[skænt]

简单释义：

adj.一丁点的；微小的；不足的；欠缺的

v.缩减；克扣；吝惜；不客气地对待

adv.几乎不[没有]

网络缺乏的；限制；节省

完整释义：

adj.

1.缺乏的,不足的,不够的
2.缺乏,不到;稀稀拉拉
3.微,一点,很少
4.不屑
5.恰好够的
6.将近的
7.俭约的,节省的;吝啬的

1.不客气地对待
2.限制,缩减
3.克扣;吝惜

adv.

1.〔美方〕好容易才,几乎不[没有]

例句：

A scant five years ago the only time you saw Robert Downey Jr. getting big play in your newspaper came when he was on a perp walk.
而大约不到5年前，小罗伯特·唐尼唯一一次获得新闻报纸的大版面，是因为他被警察游街示众。
Coming off Monday's sell-off, investors seem to have scant appetite to own more stocks.
经过周一的抛售潮，投资者似乎没有什么兴趣增持股票。
While Benson continued to fill in the scant details, Edwards concluded that an assassination might prove an advantageous event.
当本森继续补充那些并不充足的细节时，爱德华兹推断出这场暗杀将是有利事件。
The other bit of news with these cranks, as well as the Next and SIXC, is the new bottom bracket which comes in at a scant 85g.
与这些曲柄新闻其他位，以及下一步SIXC，是新中轴的排在一个缺乏85克。
The experience when I begin to do a website is scant, did not do enough market research with respect to mount a horse.
我开始做网站时经验不足，并没有做够市场调查就上马了。
He had never run anything in his entire life. He had a scant public record, but oddly this worked to his advantage.
他一生没有做过什么，鲜有公共档案，但这些却奇怪地成为了他的优势。
The position of the Moon and its resultant gravity pull has scant influence on the matter.
月球的位置及其引力拉扯的结果在这件事上影响力不大。
If the educational equipment which Gerald brought to America was scant, he did not even know it.
到美国来之前，杰拉尔德没有受过多少教育，可是他对此并不怎么有自知之明。

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