The harsh winters, sloppy construction and scanty maintenance mean bad roads; salt and grit take their toll on bodywork.(冬天寒風刺骨，路面濕滑，缺乏維護，路況極差。路面上的粗鹽和沙礫在車身上留下了劃痕。)

The sheep always say they are careful, the cheapskate always say they are scanty.(膽小鬼往往自稱心細，吝嗇鬼往往自稱節省。)

In the end they came to the conclusion that evidence is scanty.(最后他們得出結論，認為證據不足。)

The boy followed the old man, who commanded him to open the bag in which he carried his scanty dinner.(男孩跟著老人，老人命令他打開袋子，袋子里裝著他僅有的晚餐。)

I set out one afternoon to go a-fishing to Fair Haven, through the woods, to eke out my scanty fare of vegetables.(有一個下午我穿過森林到美港去鈞魚，以彌補我的蔬菜的不足。)

The ant is the most industrious animal, but it most be scanty of words. Franklin.(沒有任何動物比螞蟻更勤奮，然而它卻最沉默寡言。富蘭克林。)

Assumptions shall not be made on the basis of scanty information, especially scanty radar information.(不應當根據不充分的資料，特別是不充分的雷達觀測資料作出推斷。)

Although research is scanty a recent Health Ministry survey suggests that the need for more specialists is growing fast.(盡管對精神衛生的研究不多，但最近衛生部的一項調查還是表明，人們對專業人士的需求在飛速增長。)

The news today is scanty, but good.(今天的消息不多，不過都是好消息。)

Details of his life are scanty.(關于他的生平，詳細資料不多。)

Breakfast was scantysmilk and..dry bread.