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scant

[skænt] брит. / амер.

  1. прил.

    недостаточный; ограниченный, скудный

  2. гл.; уст.

    1. преим. амер. ограничивать, урезывать

    2. скупиться (на что-л.)

    3. плохо обращаться

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

scant

скудный, недостаточный

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Then there are those who believe that EU enlargement has prevented greater “deepening,” and who, with scant regard for the past or the future, argue that pursuing the latter requires abandoning the former.
Еще есть те, кто считает, что расширение ЕС предотвратило большее "углубление", и кто, вряд ли принимая во внимание прошлое или будущее, утверждает, что стремление к последнему требует отказа от первого.
© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011
© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011
The former are cleared of the crimes they have committed: the latter have crimes pinned on them with scant regard for the law.
Первых отмывали от преступлений. Вторым юридически неряшливо натягивали преступления.
Политковская, Анна / Путинская РоссияPolitkovskaya, Anna / Putin's Russia
Putin's Russia
Politkovskaya, Anna
© Anna Politkovskaya 2004
© Arch Tait 2004
Путинская Россия
Политковская, Анна
© Анна Политковская 2004
"Yes those very ones," interrupted Rogojin, impatiently, and with scant courtesy. I may remark that he had not once taken any notice of the blotchy-faced passenger, and had hitherto addressed all his remarks direct to the prince.
- Да, тех, тех самых, - быстро и с невежливым нетерпением перебил его черномазый, который вовсе, впрочем, и не обращался ни разу к угреватому чиновнику, а с самого начала говорил только одному князю.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
Carlos wished it had a face so he could read more into the thing's voice or expression than just the scant narrowing or widening of its glowing red eyes.
Хорошо бы приделать этому типу более выразительную физиономию. Пока о его эмоциях можно было судить лишь по легкому расширению и сужению мерцающих красных глаз.
Banks, L.A. / The AwakeningБэнкс, Л.А. / Пробуждение
Пробуждение
Бэнкс, Л.А.
The Awakening
Banks, L.A.
© 2003 by Leslie Esdaile
He was Prussian, a native of Tilsit, and regarded Gabrielle in her strange costume with scant interest.
Малый был местный – из Тильзита, и он недоуменно уставился на женщину, одетую в брюки.
Feather, Jane / VelvetФэйзер, Джейн / Бархат
Бархат
Фэйзер, Джейн
Velvet
Feather, Jane
© 1994 by Jane Feather
The only way to get ships and sailors and funding for a voyage of exploration was by appealing to the king, and as a Genovese and a commoner there was scant hope of this.
Получить суда, матросов и деньги для исследовательской экспедиции можно было, только обратившись непосредственно к самому королю, на что он, генуэзец и простой купец, вряд ли мог рассчитывать.
Card, Orson Scott / Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher ColumbusКард, Орсон Скот / Искупление Христофора Колумба
Искупление Христофора Колумба
Кард, Орсон Скот
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Card, Orson Scott
© 1996 by Orson Scott Card
Despite the scant resources available to it, the Minsk office had demonstrated creativity and initiative in carrying out its important work.
Несмотря на недостаток финансовых ресурсов, отделение в Минске творчески и инициативно подходит к своей важной работе.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
We have scant resources available to us, and we cannot mismanage them while maintaining armies that place a heavy burden on our budget.
Имеющиеся в нашем распоряжении ресурсы весьма скудны, и мы не можем неправильно распоряжаться ими, содержа армии, которые тяжелым бременем ложатся на наши бюджеты.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
© United Nations 2010
Soon its companions, no longer in the scant thousands that mankind had once known, began to fill the heavens.
Вскоре ее компаньоны, куда более многочисленные, чем те несколько тысяч, что были знакомы людям, начали заполнять небеса.
Clarke, Arthur Charles / TransienceКларк, Артур Чарльз / Мимолетность
Мимолетность
Кларк, Артур Чарльз
Transience
Clarke, Arthur Charles
I had scant luggage to take with me to London, for little of the little I possessed was adapted to my new station.
Мне предстояло взять с собой в Лондон весьма скудный багаж, – лишь немногое из того немногого, что у меня было, годилось для моего нового положения.
Dickens, Charles / Great ExpectationsДиккенс, Чарльз / Большие надежды
Большие надежды
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1960
Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles
© 2010 Ignatius Press, San Francisco
And it is good, for though we compose a scant blink across the eyes of eternity, yet while the blink lasts we choose what we will, create what we may, and share ourselves with each other as the stars did ere they were bereaved.
Мы созданы всего лишь на краткий миг для Вселенной, но пока этот миг длится, мы можем успеть выбрать свой жизненный путь, сделать то, что нам по силам, и поделиться друг с другом любовью, ибо звезды подарили нам мир, которого сами были лишены.
Donaldson, Stephen R. / The One TreeДональдсон, Стивен Р. / Первое дерево
Первое дерево
Дональдсон, Стивен Р.
The One Tree
Donaldson, Stephen R.
© 1982 by Stephen R. Donaldson
All that might have its own value, but it paid scant homage to the individual and the dignity of his critical faculty.
В этих принципах могло быть свое благородство, но достоинство индивидуума и его право на критику здесь вряд ли принимались в расчет.
Mann, Thomas / The Magic MountainМанн, Томас / Волшебная гора
Волшебная гора
Манн, Томас
© 1924, S.Fischer Verlag AG, Berlin
© Перевод. В. Станевич, наследники, 2009
© Перевод. В. Курелла, наследники, 2009
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
The Magic Mountain
Mann, Thomas
© 1995 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
He imagined that the species spent a good chunk of their life span in frozen hibernation. A good way to conserve energy in an environment so scant on resources.
Он предположил, что грендели проводят большую часть своей жизни в ледяной спячке, чтобы сохранить энергию, пополнение запасов которой в суровых условиях Арктики трудное занятие.
Rollins, James / Ice HuntРоллинс, Джеймс / Айсберг
Айсберг
Роллинс, Джеймс
© 2003 by Jim Czajkowski
© В. Шуверов, перевод, 2009
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", издание на русском языке, 2009
Ice Hunt
Rollins, James
© 2003 by Jim Czajkowski
But Chadwick had paid only scant attention to world affairs.
Но Чедвик тогда мало обращал внимания на мировую политику.
Robinson, Peter / Piece Of My HeartРобинсон, Питер / Растерзанное сердце
Растерзанное сердце
Робинсон, Питер
© 2006 by Eastvale Enterprises Inc.
© А. Капанадзе, перевод на русский язык, 2010
© ООО "Издательская группа "Аттикус", 2010 Издательство Иностранка
Piece Of My Heart
Robinson, Peter
© 2006 by Eastvale Enterprises Inc.
She herself was fading away, her arms grew cold, her breath scant; she no longer knew how to breathe life into him.
Девушка сама чуть не погибала, руки ее леденели, дыхание спирало, и она не умела вдохнуть в больного жизнь.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

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scant1/5
skæntAdjectiveнедостаточный; ограниченный; скудныйExamples

scant eyebrows — редкие брови
scant foothold — ненадёжная опора
scant in strength — ограниченный в силе
scant money — ничтожная сумма денег
scant resources — ограниченные ресурсы
with scant courtesy — нелюбезно
The media gave the conference scant coverage. — Средства массовой информации уделили мало внимания (работе) конференции.

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Collocations

there is a scant / meagre supply
скудно
scant information
скудные сведения
scant supply
недостаточное снабжение
scant weight
ограниченный вес
scant wind
слабый ветер
do scant justice
недооценивать

Word forms

scant

verb
Basic forms
Pastscanted
Imperativescant
Present Participle (Participle I)scanting
Past Participle (Participle II)scanted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I scantwe scant
you scantyou scant
he/she/it scantsthey scant
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am scantingwe are scanting
you are scantingyou are scanting
he/she/it is scantingthey are scanting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have scantedwe have scanted
you have scantedyou have scanted
he/she/it has scantedthey have scanted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been scantingwe have been scanting
you have been scantingyou have been scanting
he/she/it has been scantingthey have been scanting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I scantedwe scanted
you scantedyou scanted
he/she/it scantedthey scanted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was scantingwe were scanting
you were scantingyou were scanting
he/she/it was scantingthey were scanting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had scantedwe had scanted
you had scantedyou had scanted
he/she/it had scantedthey had scanted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been scantingwe had been scanting
you had been scantingyou had been scanting
he/she/it had been scantingthey had been scanting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will scantwe shall/will scant
you will scantyou will scant
he/she/it will scantthey will scant
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be scantingwe shall/will be scanting
you will be scantingyou will be scanting
he/she/it will be scantingthey will be scanting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have scantedwe shall/will have scanted
you will have scantedyou will have scanted
he/she/it will have scantedthey will have scanted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been scantingwe shall/will have been scanting
you will have been scantingyou will have been scanting
he/she/it will have been scantingthey will have been scanting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would scantwe should/would scant
you would scantyou would scant
he/she/it would scantthey would scant
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be scantingwe should/would be scanting
you would be scantingyou would be scanting
he/she/it would be scantingthey would be scanting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have scantedwe should/would have scanted
you would have scantedyou would have scanted
he/she/it would have scantedthey would have scanted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been scantingwe should/would have been scanting
you would have been scantingyou would have been scanting
he/she/it would have been scantingthey would have been scanting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am scantedwe are scanted
you are scantedyou are scanted
he/she/it is scantedthey are scanted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being scantedwe are being scanted
you are being scantedyou are being scanted
he/she/it is being scantedthey are being scanted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been scantedwe have been scanted
you have been scantedyou have been scanted
he/she/it has been scantedthey have been scanted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was scantedwe were scanted
you were scantedyou were scanted
he/she/it was scantedthey were scanted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being scantedwe were being scanted
you were being scantedyou were being scanted
he/she/it was being scantedthey were being scanted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been scantedwe had been scanted
you had been scantedyou had been scanted
he/she/it had been scantedthey had been scanted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be scantedwe shall/will be scanted
you will be scantedyou will be scanted
he/she/it will be scantedthey will be scanted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been scantedwe shall/will have been scanted
you will have been scantedyou will have been scanted
he/she/it will have been scantedthey will have been scanted