stint

英 [stɪnt]

美 [stɪnt]

n.  从事某项工作(或活动)的时间
v.  节省; 吝惜

复数：stints　过去分词：stinted　现在分词：stinting　第三人称单数：stints　过去式：stinted　

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牛津词典

noun

• 从事某项工作（或活动）的时间
  a period of time that you spend working somewhere or doing a particular activity
  1. He did a stint abroad early in his career.
     他早先在国外干过一段时间。
  2. a two-year stint in the Navy
     在海军服役两年

verb

• 节省；吝惜
  to provide or use only a small amount of sth
  1. She never stints on the food at her parties.
     她举办聚会吃的东西从不小气。
  2. We don't need to stint ourselves─have some more!
     我们没必要节省——再吃点！

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (在某地的)工作时间，活动时间
  Astintis a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place.
  1. He is returning to this country after a five-year stint in Hong Kong.
     他在香港工作了5 年后即将回国。

英英释义

noun

• an individual's prescribed share of work
  1. her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
• smallest American sandpiper
  Synonym:least sandpiperErolia minutilla
• an unbroken period of time during which you do something
  1. there were stretches of boredom
  2. he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
  Synonym:stretch

verb

• supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  1. sting with the allowance
  Synonym:skimpscant
• subsist on a meager allowance
  1. scratch and scrimp
  Synonym:scrimpskimp

双语例句

• He reportedly spent a brief stint in Switzerland, picking up some German and English.
  据报道，他曾短居瑞士，学会了一些德语和英语。
• Steve Sinofsky has been kicking around academia and recently signed on for a stint with Andreessen Horowitz.
  史蒂夫•辛诺夫斯基在学术界转了一圈后，最近签约受雇于安德森-霍罗维茨风险投资公司（AndreessenHorowitz）。
• We hope that you will not stint your criticism.
  尚希不吝指教。
• Ewing's12-year stint on the WIPP panel was his first prolonged involvement in the radioactive waste business.
  尤因在WIPP的审查小组待了12年，那是他首次长时间投入放射性废弃物的工作。
• But during his eight-month stint as acting police chief he apparently proved too independent and outspoken.
  但在他八个月的代理总警察张期间，他显然太过独立，话也说的太多了。
• I was doing a stint in the antenatal clinic.
  我在产前门诊部做过一段时间。
• In1994, during Silvio Berlusconi's first brief stint in the job, we called on him to resign.
  1994年，西尔维奥。贝卢斯科尼初任总理之时，我们就呼吁让他辞职。
• I have also learnt some conversational Chinese during my stint in China.
  在中国工作的这些年又让我掌握了一些中文会话。
• The bride's parents did not stint on the champagne and there was over a bottle for each guest.
  新娘父母对香槟一点不小气，每个客人有一瓶还多。
• The following October he checked into the Betty Ford Clinic for a three-month stint in rehab for alcohol abuse.
  10月，厄本因酗酒成瘾而住进贝蒂？福特康复中心接受了为期三个月的戒酒治疗。