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单词 stint
释义
stint
noun[C]
uk
/stɪnt/us
/stɪnt/
afixedorlimitedperiodoftimespentdoing aparticularjoboractivity:
工作期限；（从事某项活动的）规定期限
He has justfinisheda stint ofcompulsorymilitaryservice.他刚刚服完义务兵役。
Perhaps her mostproductiveperiodwas her five-year stint as aforeigncorrespondentin New York.也许她创作上最多产的时期就是她在纽约担任驻外记者的那5年。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Periods of time - general words
  • age
  • at/in one sittingidiom
  • day
  • digital age
  • duration
  • interval
  • leeway
  • length
  • life cycle
  • lifetime
  • making
  • me time
  • period
  • rest
  • session
  • sleep
  • spasm
  • tide
  • time span
  • timescale
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stint
verb[IorT,usually in negatives]
uk
/stɪnt/us
/stɪnt/
toprovide, take, or use only asmallamountof something:
限量提供；吝惜；节省
The bride'sparentsdid not stintonthechampagne- there was plenty for everyone.新娘的父母在香槟上一点儿也不小气——足够每个人喝的。
Don't stint yourself - take anothersliceofcake.别吝惜肚子——再来块蛋糕。
See also
unstintingformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Self-control and moderation
  • ahold
  • anti-pleasure
  • ascetically
  • asceticism
  • be in command (ofyourself)idiom
  • boundary
  • get a grip (onyourself)idiom
  • go easyidiom
  • go steady onsomethingidiom
  • grip
  • impervious
  • mind over matteridiom
  • puritanism
  • restrained
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restrictyourselftosomething
  • temperance
  • undignified
  • willpower
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(Definition ofstintfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

stint| American Dictionary

stint
noun[C]
us
/stɪnt/

stintnoun[C](PERIOD)

aperiodoftimespentdoing aparticularjoboractivity:
He took upboxingduring his stint in thearmy.
stint
verb[I]
us
/stɪnt/

stintverb[I](LIMIT)

to give, take, or use only asmallamountof something:
She doesn’t stint when it comes tobuyingnewclothes.
(Definition ofstintfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

stint| Business English

stint
noun[C]
uk
/stɪnt/us
aperiodoftimespentdoing aparticularjoboractivity:
a 30-day/15-month/10-year, etc. stintMr Rose'scareerhasincludeda 17-year stintworkingfor M&S.
Shedid a stintin anelectronicsfactory.
a stint as sthBobresignedlastsummerafter a twoyearstint asfinancedirector.
(Definition ofstintfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstint

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They are spending money where it needs not to be spent, with the result that money is stinted where it ought to be spent.
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As one of my noble friends said earlier, it should not be a question of stinting on resources.
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At the moment, it is largely a matter of chance and history whether a grazing common is stinted or not.
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If we succeed in doing that, we shall have all the ingredients on which to work out a later quantification and stinting programme.
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We have very good examples of modern stinting formulas which have been worked out.
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On recruiting we have not stinted; we spend £600,000 a year in publicity on this particular matter alone.
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The third suggestion was the elimination of "stints," and the fourth suggestion was that something should be done to reduce absenteeism in the mines.
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Parents are stinting themselves of the necessities of life in order to pay their rent.
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I have never stinted where it has been useful and wise to do so.
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They saved and stinted because to them there was a nostalgic mystique about owning their own houses.
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Money should not be stinted, because it is a matter on which our national interests very largely depend.
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The capital expenditure during the last four years has certainly not been stinted.
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We support, without stinting, the aim of reducing poverty in the third world.
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They are stinted, physically and in their clothes.
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I would like to know what ground there is for stinting the silver currency of the country.
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