The factory is scant of raw material.

厂家的生产原料不足。

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We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.

长途攀爬以后我们上气不接下气。

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Members of poor peasant families spun or wove cloth and linens at home for scant remuneration in an attempt to supplement meager family income.

贫穷农民家庭的成员在家纺织布和亚麻以挣得很少的报酬，弥补微薄的家庭收入。

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The center of the earthquake was a scant 10 kilometers beneath the surface, and just 15 kilometers from the capital.

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It seemed only a matter of time before some firebreathing demagogue with scant knowledge of economics, scant love of democracy and scant understanding of the world beyond Slavdom would be ensconced in the Kremlin.

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Pfizer has been struggling to convince investors that it can withstand an unprecedented number of patent expirations despite a scant number of experimental drugs in clinical trials.

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After all, in the spring of 1997, when Microsoft announced the acquisition, WebTV Networks was a two-year-old stripling of a startup with an oversized marketing budget, an aging demographic (25% over the age of 50) and a scant number of subscribers (less than 100, 000).

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