| 英语单词 | stint |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [stɪnt] 美 [stɪnt] |
| 中文释义 | v.节省;限制;<古>停止 n.节约;限制;定额的工作;滨鹬 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Don't stint on the cream! (2) We hope that you will not stint your criticism. (3) She stinted herself of food in order to let the children have enough. (4) Don't stint yourself; take all you want. (5) He lavished money on his children without stint. (6) He has done his stint for today. (7) Washing the breakfast dishes was her daily stint. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 不要舍不得放奶油! (2) 请不吝指教。 (3) 她自己省着吃,好让孩子们吃饱。 (4) 别拘束,要什么就拿什么。 (5) 他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。 (6) 他今天的工作已做完了。 (7) 洗早餐时用的碟子是她每天定量做的工作。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The noun stint means a set amount of time in which you do something — often work of some sort. "She served a stint in the army, followed by a stint in an office setting, before settling on a career as a lounge singer." |
| vocabulary扩展 | Unlike a project or vocation, a stint can refer to the stretch of time spent doing a particular job. You apply for a job, but you refer to your past stint in the Peace Corps. As a verb, stint means to be sparing or frugal, or restrict in a stingy manner ("to skimp"). "The school board chose to make cuts at the administrative level, rather than stint on the children's education." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](在某地的)工作时间,活动时间 A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place. [with supp]
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