英语词汇“scant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

scant

/skant

adjective

1Barely sufficient or adequate: companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations...

This mainstream inward-investment effort paid scant attention to financial services or any other part of the non-manufacturing side of business.
So far they've paid scant attention to the rebel's scheme.
But of course it's there in the small print, and it's paid scant attention to.

Synonyms

little, little or no, minimal, hardly any, limited, negligible, barely sufficient, meagre;

insufficient, too little, not enough, inadequate, deficient

rare exiguous

1.1 [attributive] Barely amounting to a specified number or quantity: she weighed a scant two pounds...

At 16 years old and a scant 118 pounds, Swan was a stick figure, to say the least.
Hardly wearing out its welcome at a scant 50 minutes, the feature is accompanied by the shorts Intent, Strap 'Em Down!

verb [with object] chiefly North American

1Provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts: he does not scant his attention to the later writings

1.1Deal with inadequately; neglect: the press regularly scants a host of issues relating to safety and health...

In one way or another, all these moves in its backyard overrode or scanted EU sensibilities.
It should also be noted that the bottom of the socio-economic distribution is scanted in these data because this segment of the population is not favored by adoption agencies.
Now it's Mozart's poise, craft and wit that tend to get scanted.

Derivatives

scantly

/ˈskantli/ adverb ...

They have wonderful calamari, pale as dawn light, scantly breaded, quickly fried, and just as buoyant as a breeze.
They put pictures of scantly clad women on their covers.
Many are not aware that this song was scantly known during the lifetime of Bankim himself.

单词	scant
释义	scant /skant / adjective 1Barely sufficient or adequate: companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations... This mainstream inward-investment effort paid scant attention to financial services or any other part of the non-manufacturing side of business. So far they've paid scant attention to the rebel's scheme. But of course it's there in the small print, and it's paid scant attention to. Synonyms little, little or no, minimal, hardly any, limited, negligible, barely sufficient, meagre; insufficient, too little, not enough, inadequate, deficient rare exiguous 1.1 [attributive] Barely amounting to a specified number or quantity: she weighed a scant two pounds... At 16 years old and a scant 118 pounds, Swan was a stick figure, to say the least. Hardly wearing out its welcome at a scant 50 minutes, the feature is accompanied by the shorts Intent, Strap 'Em Down! verb [with object] chiefly North American 1Provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts: he does not scant his attention to the later writings 1.1Deal with inadequately; neglect: the press regularly scants a host of issues relating to safety and health... In one way or another, all these moves in its backyard overrode or scanted EU sensibilities. It should also be noted that the bottom of the socio-economic distribution is scanted in these data because this segment of the population is not favored by adoption agencies. Now it's Mozart's poise, craft and wit that tend to get scanted. Derivatives scantly /ˈskantli/ adverb ... They have wonderful calamari, pale as dawn light, scantly breaded, quickly fried, and just as buoyant as a breeze. They put pictures of scantly clad women on their covers. Many are not aware that this song was scantly known during the lifetime of Bankim himself. scantness noun Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr 'short'. Rhymes ant, Brabant, Brandt, brant, cant, enceinte, extant, gallant, Kant, levant, pant, pointe, pointes, rant
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scant

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scantly

scantness

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