Urban Honolulu, the state capital, is a cosmopolitan metropolis with a population of more than 370,000; the entire island of Molokai, a scant 50 miles away, has only 7,400 residents.

火奴鲁鲁市作为州的首府，是一个拥有370,000人口的国际性大都会，而50英里之外的莫洛凯岛仅有7,400居民。

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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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But at least your penny-and-a-half of profit on the sales dollar comes with a scant dose of capital.

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Venture capital for consumer electronics remains scant compared with the plethora of cash available for Web companies, but investments into hardware start-ups are rising.

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