scant

/skænt/📚 9336 1雅思

You use scant to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be. ^{少量的; 不足的}

adjective [原级]不足的，缺乏的；将近的，差一点点的

She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
她开始严厉斥责警方对她车内东西失窃一案关注不足。

verb [vt. 及物动词]<美>少给，克扣；<美>冷落，忽略

I paid scant attention to what she was saying.
我没大注意她在说什么。

scant

adj. 不足的；缺乏的；勉强够的

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与“scant”相关联的词汇

复合词scanty/ˈskænti/adj.少量的，不足的；（衣服）暴露的，紧（身）的

易混淆scan/skæn/vt. 扫描；细看；浏览；详细调查；标出格律