■ scant

这个形容词带有准否定的意义，修饰不可数名词，相当于不带 a 的 little。

• The ailments of the world's poor receive scant attention compared to the diseases of the rich.比起富人害的疾病来，世界上穷人的病痛引不起多大的注意。
• Yet that rule has been bent repeatedly, with scant explanation of how figures are compiled.(The Washington Post, March 20, 2007)然而这条规则一再被扭曲，数字怎样得来的，语焉不详。