ad. scantily,scarcely,hardly勉強(qiáng)地,幾乎不,很難。
△Rom.1.2.104 (99):“And she shall scant show well that now seems best.”她現(xiàn)在雖然像是絕色美人,那時(shí)候怕就不怎么樣了。
scant
vt.
1. limit,restrict限制。
△Mer.2.1.17:“But if my fa-ther had not scanted me.” 如果我的父親沒有限制我。
△Mer.3.2.112: “scant this excess!”限制一下,不要過度。
2. reduce,diminish,cut down減少,縮減,削減。
△Oth.4.3. 94 (91): “Or scant our former having in de-spite.”或者一怒而把我們從前的零用錢減少。
△Lr.2.4.178(175):“to scant my sizes,”削減我的費(fèi)用。
3. make brief,cut short縮短,打斷。
△Mer.5.1.141:“Therefore I scant this breathing courtesy.”所以我就不多說客套話了。
4. neglect,treat slightingly疏忽,玩忽對(duì)待。
△Oth.1.3.268(266): “And heaven defend your good souls that you think / I will your serious and greatbusiness scant / For she is with me.”上天也不讓好心的諸位擔(dān)心,因?yàn)樗谖疑磉?,我?huì)對(duì)于你們所托付給我的重大事務(wù)稍有玩忽。
△Lr.2.4.140 (138): “I have hope / Youless know how to value her desert / Than she to scant her duty. ”i.e. I am inclined to believe that you un-dervalue her merit,rather than that she is undutiful to you. 我想你是看低了她的優(yōu)良品性,而不是她疏忽了自己的本分。
5. stint,come short in,withhold,begrudge節(jié)省,欠缺,壓住不給,吝惜。
△Lr.1.1.281 (278):“You have obedi-ence scanted”.你吝于孝順。
△H.V.2.4.47:“Doth likea miser spoil his coat with scanting / A little cloth.”那就像一個(gè)小氣鬼,為了省一點(diǎn)布料卻糟蹋了整件衣服。
scant[sk?nt]
adj. 不足的
◇be scant of缺乏
‖ scanty adj.