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
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- He did a stint abroad early in his career.
他早先在国外干过一段时间。 - a two-year stint in the Navy
在海军服役两年
- He did a stint abroad early in his career.
verb
- 节省;吝惜
to provide or use only a small amount of sth- She never stints on the food at her parties.
她举办聚会吃的东西从不小气。 - We don't need to stint ourselves─have some more!
我们没必要节省——再吃点!
- She never stints on the food at her parties.
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.- 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。
- He is returning to this country after a five-year stint in Hong Kong.
英英释义
noun
- an individual's prescribed share of work
- her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
- smallest American sandpiper
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something
- there were stretches of boredom
- he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
verb
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
- sting with the allowance
- subsist on a meager allowance
- scratch and scrimp
双语例句
- The lap-times during the second stint had not suggested he had that performance in reserve.
而在比赛第二阶段中的单圈计时并没有显示他曾保留了实力。 - 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。 - 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。 - I was doing a stint in the antenatal clinic.
我在产前门诊部做过一段时间。 - For years, he had driven and criticized and condemned his employees without stint or discretion.
多年以来,他不加限制地、毫无顾虑地驱使、批评和斥责他的员工。 - Spencer Leung, UBS analyst, warned that new brands entering China must not stint on advertising.
瑞银(UBS)分析师梁裕昌(SpencerLeung)警告称,进军中国市场的新品牌千万不要吝惜广告支出。 - 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。 - 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。 - She gave of her time and money without stint.
她对拿出时间和金钱从来都不会舍不得。 - 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)。