vt.,vi. 1.吝惜;限制,节制(饮食等)。 2.〔古语〕停止。 n. 1.吝惜;限制。 2.定量,定额 (of); 定额的工作。 3.【鸟类】滨鹬。 短语和例子 do one's daily stint 做每天指定的工作。 stint oneself in [of] food 节制饮食。 with no stint=without stint 不吝惜地,无限制地,慷慨地。 adv. -ingly ,-less adj.
an individual''s prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
smallest American sandpiper 同义词:least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla,
an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary" 同义词:stretch,
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" 同义词:skimp, scant,
subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" 同义词:scrimp, skimp,
例句与用法
1.
We hope that you will not stint your criticism .. 尚希不吝指教。
2.
She praised them without stint . 她极力夸奖他们。
3.
Why stint myself now ? 现在何必亏待自己呢?
4.
Don't let him stint you . 别让他对你抠门。
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I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style . 我会节衣缩食来让你们俩过一种上流社会的体面生活。
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I'm sure he stints himself at lunch on purpose when he knows he is coming here for tea . 我敢肯定,当他知道他要来这儿吃茶点时,他就存心在吃午饭时留着肚子。
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What is the good of your mother and me economizing and stinting ourselves to give you a university education ? 那么我和你母亲省吃俭用,自己刻苦,供你上大学,有什么用处呢?
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Next came a stint as a reporter in windsor, during which he found stringing words together not only easy but exhilarating . 接着又在温索尔干了一阵新闻记者,其间他发现把字串成文章不但容易而且挺有意思。
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But it's in things for show they cut short; while for such as me, it's in things for life we have to stint . 可他们也不过是在表面的奢华上省俭些。另一方面,象我这样的人,却不得不在生活必需品上去要求减缩。
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Especially when they get back from a stint in rehab 特别是他们不被追究责任的时候