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
- 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。 - I arrived at the University for a three month stint as a lecturer.
我到了那所大学要作为期3个月的讲学。 - 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)。 - After its disastrous stint in Asia, this flu strain reached the American West Coast in 1968.
在其对亚洲造成灾难性损害之后,这种流感在1968年又在美国西海岸登陆。 - 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。 - 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。 - After his last stint inside, he moved to russia.
在他最后在内部确立地位以后,他去了俄罗斯。 - He returns to the Czech capital following a two-year stint with Bordeaux.
他在效力了波尔多两年后,又返回了捷克首都。 - 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。 - 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。