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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Collins.1 / BNC.13898 / COCA.8331

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

• After a brief spell I stint in the army, he started working as a teacher.
  在军队里呆了一小段时间后，他当了教师。
• Todd learned data processing by doing a short stint at a junior college.
  托德在一所大专学校定时听课，学习了数据处理。
• Mr Jobs 'first stint at Apple was to last less than a decade.
  乔布斯在苹果的第一段职业生涯持续了不到10年。
• Then I had a stint as security officer in Hong kong.
  我那时在香港做过一阵护卫员。
• He came to California after a brief stint as a waiter in new york.
  他在纽约当了很短一段时间的服务员之后就来到了加利福尼亚。
• He did a two-year stint in the army when he left school.
  他离开学校后服了两年兵役。
• When you make this recipe, don't stint on the butter.
  当你照食谱做这菜时，要多用奶油。
• 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。
• He's been smoking without stint.
  多年来他无节制地抽烟。
• I had a comfortable job that I preferred to a stint in Azkaban.
  我有一份舒适的工作，何苦到阿兹卡班去坐牢呢？