1. 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。
2. Details of his life are scanty. 关于他的生平，详细资料不多。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
