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scant 作及物动词，表示草率或敷衍地对待，宾语常是职责、议题等抽象名词。
He scants his duties and spends all day playing games.
他草率地对待自己的职责，整天玩游戏。
草率地做；敷衍了事
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
草率地做；敷衍了事
to do something hastily or carelessly, or to deal with it in an inadequate and superficial way
He scants his duties and spends all day playing games.
他草率地对待自己的职责，整天玩游戏。
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
草率或粗心地工作；处理不充分和表面化
work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
在质量或数量上限制
limit in quality or quantity
scant
Base
原形
scants
3rd person
第三人称单数
scanting
-ing
现在分词
scanted
Past
过去式
scanted
Past participle
过去分词
She never scants her work.
她从不马虎对待工作。
He scanted his duties and lost his job.
他玩忽职守，丢了工作。
They have scanted the details in their report.
他们在报告中忽略了细节。
作动词时表示“马虎处理、敷衍或不够重视”，常接宾语；规则变化。
Don't scant the details when you fill out the application; any mistake could cause a delay.
填写申请表时不要对细节敷衍了事；任何错误都可能造成延误。
He scanted the rice portions at dinner, and many guests were still hungry.
他晚餐时给的米饭份量太少，许多客人仍然饿着。
She scants her meals while chasing deadlines, so she often feels weak.
她在赶截止日期时不好好吃饭，所以经常感到虚弱。
scant 作及物动词，表示草率或敷衍地对待，宾语常是职责、议题等抽象名词。
He scants his duties and spends all day playing games.
他草率地对待自己的职责，整天玩游戏。
被动式 be scanted 用于表示某事物在报告、研究等中被忽视或未得到充分对待。
The ethical issues are scanted in the report.
报告中伦理问题被草率处理。
Not this
He scant his work.
Use this
He scants his work.
一般现在时中主语是第三人称单数 he 时，动词 scant 要加 -s 变成 scants。汉语动词没有这种形态变化，所以容易漏掉 -s；加上后主谓一致才成立。
Not this
We have scant of time.
Use this
We have scant time.
scant 在这里是形容词，直接修饰名词 time，表示“很少的时间”，不能像 a lot of 那样加 of。中文“很少的时间”中的“的”容易导致误加 of，应去掉 of 让 scant 作定语。
Not this
There is a scant evidence for his theory.
Use this
There is scant evidence for his theory.
evidence 在英语中是不可数名词，前面不能用不定冠词 a，只能说 scant evidence。中文的“一个证据”容易让学习者误加 a；去掉 a 才符合英语不可数名词的用法。