stint

英 [stɪnt] 美 [stɪnt]

• v. 节省；限制；<古>停止
• n. 节约；限制；定额的工作；滨鹬

英英释义

Noun:

1. an unbroken period of time during which you do something;

   "there were stretches of boredom"
   "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
   

2. smallest American sandpiper

3. an individual's prescribed share of work;

   "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
   

Verb:

1. subsist on a meager allowance;

   "scratch and scrimp"
   

2. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities;

   "sting with the allowance"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Don't stint on the cream!
   不要舍不得放奶油！
2. We hope that you will not stint your criticism.
   请不吝指教。
3. She stinted herself of food in order to let the children have enough.
   她自己省着吃，好让孩子们吃饱。
4. Don't stint yourself; take all you want.
   别拘束,要什么就拿什么。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He lavished money on his children without stint.
   他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
2. He's been smoking without stint.
   多年来他无节制地抽烟。
3. He has done his stint for today.
   他今天的工作已做完了。
4. Washing the breakfast dishes was her daily stint.
   洗早餐时用的碟子是她每天定量做的工作。

经典引文

• His wife and children had money lavished on them without stint.

  出自： J. G. Holland

• No need for stint where supplies were always at hand.

  出自： E. R. Pitman

• Would neither stint nor stick Our flesh from off our bones to pick.

  出自： Shelley

词汇搭配

• without stint 不加限制地, 不遗余...
• do one's stint 做派给的工作,做公平...
• with no stint 不受限制地

近反义词

【近义词】

• task 任务
• skimp 舍不得给
• stretch 伸展
• work 工作
• function 职务
• assignment 分配
• duty 义务
• role 作用
• chore 讨厌的工作
• job 工作
• withhold 抑制
• pinch 捏
• spare 备用的
• spell 拼写
• time 时间
• shift 移动
• period 一段时间
• turn 翻转
• scant 不充分的
• scrimp 节省