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scantly

/skant/US // skænt //UK // (skænt) //

轻蔑地,可怕的是,可怕的,稀奇古怪地

Related Words

paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄sparse稀少的,稀疏的,稀疏,寥寥无几insufficient不够,不足,不充分,不够充分mere单纯的,纯粹的,单纯,纯粹是skimpy马虎了事,马虎,马虎不得,马虎的short短期,短期的,短暂的,短暂spare备用的,剩余的,剩余,空闲时间skimp敷衍了事,一带而过,俭省,敷衍塞责bare光光的,赤裸裸的,光光,裸露的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细scrimp吝啬,吝啬鬼,缩水,缩减wanting想要,想要的,希望,要的barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的deficient亏损,亏损的,亏欠,欠缺exiguous冗长的,冗长,毗连的,毗连flimsy单薄,单薄的,脆弱的,薄薄的inappreciable难能可贵,不值一提,不值钱,不值钱的inconsiderable微不足道,不足道,不足为奇,不足道的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    scant·er, scant·est.

    • : barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
    • : limited; meager; not large: a scant amount.
    • : barely amounting to as much as indicated: a scant two hours; a scant cupful.
    • : having an inadequate or limited supply: scant of breath.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make scant; diminish.
    • : to stint the supply of; withhold.
    • : to treat slightly or inadequately.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhardly
Synonyms
barely勉强,勉强的,几乎没有,勉强算是comparatively比较,较,相对而言,较为practically实际是,实际上是,实践上,实际上rarely很少,极少,很少有,很少有的seldom很少,很少有,很少见,很少有机会simply只是,只是单纯的,只是简单的,只是简单地somewhat有些,有点,有点儿,有一些just只是,就是,仅仅是,就almost inconceivably几乎无法想象的,几乎无法想象,几乎不可想象,几乎不可思议almost not几乎没有,几乎不,几乎不是,几乎不可能by a hair差之毫厘,一丝不苟,差之毫厘谬以千里by no means绝不是,绝非如此,绝不,决不是detectably侦测到的,可察觉到的,探测到的,侦查faintly隐约可见,隐隐约约地,隐约地,隐隐约约gradually逐渐,逐步,渐渐地,逐渐地imperceptibly无形中,无形之中,不知不觉中,无形中使infrequently罕见地,很少,不常有,不常little少许,少,少量,少少no more than不超过,仅仅是,只不过是,不过是no way没办法,没门,没门儿,不行not a bit没有一点儿,没有一点,没有丝毫not at all一点也不,一点都不,并非如此,毫不not by much不多,不大,不多于,不算多not likely不太可能,不可能,不见得,不大可能not markedly不明显的,不明显,不太明显,并不明显的not measurably不可测量的,不可测量,不可计量的,不可衡量的not much不多,不大,不太多,并不多not notably并不明显,并不显著,并不明显的是,并不显著的是not noticeably不明显,不太明显,不明显的,并不明显not often不经常,不常有,不时,不常not quite不太,不大,并非如此,不算once in a blue moon千载难逢的机会,难得一见,千载难逢,千载难逢的好机会only只有,只是,只,仅限only just仅仅是,只不过,只不过是,只是perceptibly明显地,察觉到的,明显,察觉到pretty near颇近,颇为接近,颇为近似,颇近的slightly略有,稍微,稍微有点,略微sparsely稀少的,稀少,稀疏地,稀疏的sporadically零星地,零星的,零散地,零星with trouble有麻烦,遇到困难,遇到麻烦,困难重重

Examples

  • All three tech giants denied they harbor any political biases, and GOP lawmakers provided scant evidence for their claims.

  • He’s running against charismatic former Army Ranger John James, a Republican businessman whose environmental platform is scant.

  • That’s because scant rainfall and wide, well-marked streets ease the engineering of split-second computer vision systems considerably.

  • While Misra was scant on the details of the SPAC itself, including how much the blank check company was seeking to raise, he did openly state his thinking on raising one.

  • With only two other companies that have gone public through a direct listing, data is scant on how businesses fare following the process—so Asana and Palantir will be heavily watched.

  • Mr. Mitchett was none the less scantly diverted from his estimate of the occasion Mrs. Brookenham had just named to him.

  • He remembered the effect this adviser had produced on Julia—an effect that scantly ministered to the idea of another meeting.

  • The children were barefoot, bare headed and scantly dressed, and it seemed awfully dirty about the doors of the shanties.

  • He gnawed at the scantly-fleshed ribs of the first rabbit, savoring the raw meaty smell and flavor.

  • The contents of it, as of all Fielding's work in this kind, include certain things for which the moderns are scantly grateful.

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