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

然而这理由足以抚慰它忧心憧憧的邻国们。

But there is scant evidence that the process is dangerous.

但是要项工艺的危险性还是有待进一步考。

We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.

长时间的运动后，我们感觉呼吸困难。

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

它生长在阳光稀少的地方且竞争激烈。

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

关于月经对运动成绩影响的好数据很少。

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，目前我们得到的信息非常有限。

Even among mortal creators, scant few were women.

即使是凡人演中间，也很少有女性的身影。

Data on child labor in Bangladesh is notoriously scant.

有关孟加拉国童工的数据很少。

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

许多人如此努力工作，工资却很低，他们有资格享有他们帮助设立的法定福利。

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。

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

到美国来之前，杰拉尔德没有受过多少教育，可是他对此么有自知之。

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

约布赖特待在他的书房里，面对翻开的书坐着；但这几个小时里做的事却少得可怜。

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，很少有犯罪记录。1978年就有一起非法持有大麻的指控。

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

将其匮乏的资源用于军事武器。

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

奥斯卡·王尔德死去的方式与他活着的方式一样——合时宜、离谱，而且很少顾及礼仪要求。

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%。

Sometimes they threw bits of food, and got scant thanks; sometimes a mischievous pebble, and got a shower of stones and abuse.

有时，他们给他扔点儿食物，但却很少得到感谢；有时，他们恶作剧地向他扔块鹅卵石，他就还之以无数石块，且破口大骂。

With scant competition, Visa and Mastercard have faced little pressure to rein in swipe fees.

由于竞争很少，维萨卡和万事达卡几乎没有面临控制刷卡费用的压力。

The batter does seem a little bit scant.

- 击球手似乎有点少。

This frugality is natural in a region of scant resources.

这种节俭在资源匮乏的地区是很自然的。