第三人称单数： scants
过去式： scanted
过去分词： scanted
现在分词： scanting
比较级： scanter
最高级： scantest

Rigorous research has been scant .

严谨的研究一直很少。

Most prostitutes are middle-aged , with scant education and no job prospects or connections .

大部分性工作者都是中年妇女，受过很少教育，也没有就业保障和亲人。

But the newly elected bush administration had also criticized the indiscriminacy of clinton 's interventions abroad , shown scant interest in human-rights doctrines , and in its first months taken few or no significant foreign initiatives .

但是，新当选的布什政府也批评克林顿政府海外干涉不谨慎，但在人权信条上表现得缺乏兴趣，执政头几个月内在很少或没有对外政策的主动改变。

Individual fixes will be scant defence against future crises .

零敲碎打式的修补不足以抵御未来的危机。

He paid scant attention to what was said .

他没有全神贯注听别人说的话。