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- barely sufficient or adequate缺乏的, 不足的：
companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations.
对后代的安全漠不关心的公司。
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- attrib. barely amounting to a specified number or quantity勉强够的, 将近的：
she weighed a scant two pounds.
她的体重还不足两磅。
with obj.
1- chiefly N. Amer. provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts〈主北美〉少给; 克扣：
he does not scant his attention to the later writings.
他没有减少对以后的文章的注意。
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- deal with inadequately; neglect冷落; 忽略：
the press regularly scants a host of issues relating to safety and health.
新闻媒体常常忽略有关安全和健康的许多问题。
派生词
scantly
adverbscantness
noun词源
Middle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr 'short'.