The boy followed the old man, who commanded him to open the bag in which he carried his scanty dinner.

男孩跟着老人，老人命令他打开袋子，袋子里装着他仅有的晚餐。

Details of his life are scanty.

关于他的生平，详细资料不多。

So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.

目前，我们指向两名嫌犯的证据太少。

Adults' memories of the next few years also tend to be scanty.

成年人对于其后几年的记忆也往往比较贫乏。

On the other hand, the Sun was a scanty sheet providing little more than minor diversions; few today would call it a newspaper at all.

另一方面，《太阳报》一片贫瘠，除了小小的消遣之外，没有什么可提供的；如今几乎没有人会管它叫报纸。

The news today is scanty, but good.

今天的消息不多，不过都是好消息。

The beggar shivered in his scanty clothes.

乞丐穿着单薄，冻得发抖。

The rainfall was rather scanty this month.

这个月的雨量不足。

I have only a scanty knowledge of world affairs.

我对于国际事务只是一知半解。

Growth in 2004 was sluggish, yet above the scanty 0.3% of 2003.

2004年的经济增长缓慢，但仍超过2003年0.3%。

In the end they came to the conclusion that evidence is scanty.

最后他们得出结论，认为证据不足。

The farmer 's financial difficulties were caused By a scanty harvest.

这个农民的经济困难是因为收成不足造成的。

Much of the scanty information available comes from Chinese records.

可获得的极少数资料大多来自中国的记载。

These gains, however, were scanty compared with the Republicans' victories.

然而，这些收获与共和党的胜利是不可比拟的。

Evidence for what exactly happened and why is scanty and needs careful weighing.

我们缺乏关于究竟发生了什么和为何发生的证据，仅有的一些也需要仔细掂量。

These appear when sunlight strikes tiny particles too scanty to appear as clouds.

当阳光照射到稀疏得如同云彩一般的微小颗粒上，云隙光便随之出现。

The sheep always say they are careful, the cheapskate always say they are scanty.

胆小鬼往往自称心细，吝啬鬼往往自称节省。

Thee ant is the most industrious animal, but it most be scanty of words. — Franklin.

没有任何动物比蚂蚁更勤奋，然而它却最沉默寡言。——富兰克林。

As a matter of fact, some of the highest-stress jobs pay surprisingly scanty salaries.

其实，这些高压力的工作，工资却是令人惊奇地低。

Rivers coursing down from the mountains provide water for agriculture in a region of scanty rainfall.

从这座山上流下来的河流为这降水量极少的地区提供了农业用的水源。

Scanty and insufficient suppers those, and innocent of meat, as ofmost other sauce to wretched bread.

晚饭不多，量不足，没有肉，也没有别的佐料，只有劣质的面包。

Assumptions shall not be made on the basis of scanty information, especially scanty radar information.

不应当根据不充分的资料，特别是不充分的雷达观测资料作出推断。

Scanty outline, lively curve, the person gives a kind of sense that find everything new and fresh in in a flash.

微薄的轮廓，明快曲线，在转瞬间给人一种耳目一新的感觉。

On the knotty but crucial question of how to reduce deforestation and the emissions it causes, progress was scanty.

对于如何减缓森林的砍伐以及降低排放这个棘手而又关键的问题而言，进展异常缓慢。

I set out one afternoon to go a-fishing to Fair Haven, through the woods, to eke out my scanty fare of vegetables.

有一个下午我穿过森林到美港去钧鱼，以弥补我的蔬菜的不足。

The harsh winters, sloppy construction and scanty maintenance mean bad roads; salt and grit take their toll on bodywork.

冬天寒风刺骨，路面湿滑，缺乏维护，路况极差。路面上的粗盐和沙砾在车身上留下了划痕。

Although research is scanty a recent Health Ministry survey suggests that the need for more specialists is growing fast.

尽管对精神卫生的研究不多，但最近卫生部的一项调查还是表明，人们对专业人士的需求在飞速增长。