That, however, is scant comfort to its increasingly anxious neighbours.

然而这理由并不足以抚慰它忧心憧憧们。

We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.

长时间运动后，我们感觉呼吸困难。

Many do so on salaries so scant they qualify for the welfare benefits they help legislate.

许人如此努力工作，工资却很低，他们有资格享有他们帮助设立法定福利。

But there is scant evidence that the process is dangerous.

但是要证明该项工艺危险性还是有待进一步考证。

Even among mortal creators, scant few were women.

即使是凡人导演中间，也很有女性身影。

Data on child labor in Bangladesh is notoriously scant.

有关孟加拉童工数据很。

It grows in areas where sunlight is scant and competition is intense.

它生长在阳光稀地方且竞争激烈。

Good data concerning the effects of menstruation on athletic performance are scant.

关于月经对运动成绩影响好数据很。

Before his election Lech (like his brother) displayed scant interest in them.

在当选总统前，莱赫就像他哥哥一样，显示出对外交事务缺乏兴趣。

But again, the information that we've been receiving has been fairly scant at this stage.

但是，我要再强调一遍，目前我们得到信息非常有限。

If the educational equipment which Gerald brought to America was scant, he did not even know it.

到美来之前，杰拉尔德没有受过育，可是他对此并不怎么有自知之明。

But the regime has a solution: putting its scant resources into military power.

将其匮乏资源用于军事武器。

Yeobright remained in his study, sitting over the open books; but the work of those hours was miserably scant.

约布赖特待在他书房里，面对翻开书坐着；但这几个小时里做事却得可怜。

Warner was a computer consultant with a scant criminal record. A single marijuana possession charge dated back to 1978.

华纳是一名电脑顾问，很有犯罪记录。1978年就有一起非法持有大麻指控。

The batter does seem a little bit scant.

- 击球手似乎有点。

Oscar Wilde, well, he died as he had lived — inappropriately, outrageously and with scant reference to what decorum demanded.

奥斯卡·王尔德死去方式与他活着方式一样——不合时宜、离谱，而且很顾及礼仪要求。

For the past year, prices at the wholesale level excluding food and energy had risen by just a scant 1.1%.

去年，除了食品和能源以外，批发价格上升了近1.1%。

It makes less mouths for the scant cake.

它减了蛋糕嘴巴。

This frugality is natural in a region of scant resources.

这种节俭在资源匮乏地区是很自然。

Meanwhile, there is scant evidence that short-selling depresses prices.

与此同时，几乎没有证据表明卖空会压低价格。