中英互译
scant
英 /skænt/美 /skænt/
基本释义
- adj.不足的,缺乏的;将近的,差一点点的
- v.<美>少给,克扣;<美>冷落,忽略
第三人称单数scants
现在分词scanting
过去式scanted
过去分词scanted
比较级scanter或more scant
最高级scantest或most scant
GRE
词语例句
不足的,缺乏的adj.
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。
将近的,差一点点的adj.
A scant 20 minutes earlier they had been home safely.
不到20分钟之前他们就已经安全到家了。
<美>少给,克扣vt.
She did not scant her attention to her elder son after having a second kid.
有了二胎之后她也没有减少对大儿子的关心。
<美>冷落,忽略vt.
Parents often scant the mental health problems of children.
父母常常忽略孩子的心理健康问题。
- 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。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Scant attention has been paid to many of the dubious social and economic assumptions that underlie the plan.人们对该计划背后的许多可疑的社会和经济假设缺乏关注。
- I paid scant attention to what she was saying.我没大注意她在说什么。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- scant of缺乏…的
- scant attention关注不足
- scant chance机会很小
- scant demand需求不足
- a scant attendance出席者稀少;稀少的出席者
- a scant supply of water供水不足
- scant knowledge浅学
词语扩展
词义分布
不足的
52.8%
缺乏的
41.7%
不充分的
5.6%
英英释义
- v.work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
- v.limit in quality or quantity
- v.supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- adj.less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
词源
- scant微小的,不足的来自古诺斯语 skamt,短的,来自 Proto-Germanic*skamma-,短的,可能来自 PIE*sek,砍,切, 词源同 short,segment.引申词义微小的,不足的。