| 词汇 | stint |
| 释义 | stintWord family adjectivestintedstintlessstintyadverbstintedlystintinglynounstintednessstinterstintingverbstint stint1 /stɪnt/ noun [countableC usually singular] PERIOD OF TIMEa period of time spent doing a particular job or activity 固定〔进行某项工作或活动的〕时期 stint in/at Mark did a two-year stint in the army. 马克服过两年兵役。 stint as his stint as chairman 他的主席任期 Examples from the Corpus stint• After a stint in the army, Bill worked in sales.• Dimascio was promoted after serving a stint of five years as a sergeant pilot.• Strawberry hit six homers in nine games in a brief winter ball stint in Puerto Rico.• Rick was fired in August after a brief stint with a Portland courier service.• Krem began his career with the Victoria Symphony, followed by stints with orchestras in Winnipeg and Quebec.• He has changed his schedule to a three-day stint, which starts Friday.• We should thank Mary for the long stint she's done as party treasurer.• Cuckney's longest stint in government service lasted for about ten years.• Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months' stint in Sun City.• His second stint as president has got off to an inauspicious start.• After a short stint in a business house in New York City, Herman resolved to go to sea.• Mr Keen worked under seven different managers during an 18-year stint with the club.• She served a two-year stint as an aide to Congressman Jim McNulty. stint in/at• He put on a sailor suit for real during a stint in the Navy.• When his stint in Atlanta was up, Floyd and Alice went back to Hastings.• Cuckney's longest stint in government service lasted for about ten years.• Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months' stint in Sun City.• Will my right hon. Friend not stint in providing Britain with the best independent deterrent?• I had just returned from a training stint in Lanzarote.• Argast finished her three-year stint in August. stint2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT usually in negatives] GENEROUS#to provide or use too little of something 节制，吝惜 stint on They didn’t stint on food and drink at their wedding. 他们在婚礼上毫不吝惜食物和饮料。 stint yourself In order to avoid stinting yourself, make sure you have enough money to cover all your expenses. 为了不让自己过得紧巴巴的，你得确保有足够的钱来支付所有开销。 Examples from the Corpus stint• But stinting excessively would probably damage his reputation more than overspending.• No effort has been stinted in polishing this painfully derivative picture as if it were a diamond instead of strictly paste.• But no-one seems interested in the fact that you've almost certainly stinted yourself for years.• To avoid having to stint yourself, these need to be budgeted for in advance. stint on• Lee's book about Armstrong doesn't stint on the gossip. From Longman Business Dictionary stintstint /stɪnt/ noun [countableC usually singular] a limited or fixed period of time doing a particular job stint as his two-year stint as managing director Doing a stint overseas is important to getting ahead in many companies. Old English styntan “to make dull or less sharp” |
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