stint是英語中兼具名詞和動詞詞性的單詞，英式及美式發音均為[stɪnt]。作名詞時意為“定額工作”“節約措施”“濱鷸鳥類”等，作動詞時包含“限制供給”“節省開支”等釋義，其變形形式包含stints、stinted、stinting等。常見搭配有stint someone of something（節制某人享用某物）、without stint（無限制地）、stint money（吝惜金錢）等。
該詞源自古英語styntan（使鈍），14世紀中期衍生出“停止動作”的動詞義項，16世紀初發展出“限制”的含義，名詞義項在15世紀中期擴展出“固定工作量”的用法。其語義演變受古諾爾斯語stytta（縮短）影響，並與stunt（抑制生長）、stutter（口吃）存在詞源關聯。現代英語中，複數形式的stints可指代Temminck's Stint、Little Stint等濱鷸鳥類名稱。
基本介紹
- 外文名：stint
- 詞性：名詞、動詞
- 發音：[stɪnt]
單詞釋義,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞釋義
英 [stɪnt] 美 [stɪnt]
n. 節約；定額，定量；從事某項工作的時間；有限供給，有限的努力；濱鷸；一段時間
v. 節省；限制；節約，吝嗇；限量給；緊縮，節省
短語搭配
Temminck's Stint 青腳濱鷸 ; 烏腳濱鷸
Little Stint 小濱鷸
Long-toed Stint 長趾濱鷸
Red-necked Stint 勞動節再遇 ; 紅胸濱鷸
stint grudge 吝惜 ; 捨不得吝惜
Longtoed Stint 長趾濱鷸
Rednecked Stint 紅頸濱鷸
not stint 不惜 ; 不吝
stint money 吝惜金錢
雙語例句
- We don't need to stint ourselves—have some more! 我們沒必要節省—再吃點！
- He did a stint abroad early in his career. 他早先在國外乾過一段時間。
- While serving a compulsory stint in the military, Nurmi entered a 20-k march carrying a rifle, a cartridge belt, and a knapsack. 在軍中服義務役的時候，努爾米帶著一支步槍、一條子彈帶和一個背包參加了20公里行軍。
- Don't stint on time to make a plan. 在制定計畫上不要吝惜時間，多想一想好。
- He announces grand plans only to stint on the details. 他制定了宏大計畫但卻吝於細節。
- "I learned a lot," Mr Nardelli says of his stint at Home Depot. “我學到了很多，”納德利在談到自己在家得寶的工作時表示。
- Now, after a brief stint working for Adobe, he's starting anew. 目前，在Adobe短暫工作一段時間之後，詹姆斯決定從頭再來。
- He credits his stint in the U.S. with streamlining his management style. 他幹練直接的管理風格為其美國的工作贏得了 讚譽。
- A stint at the University of California had consolidated those findings. 這裡是指他在加利福尼亞大學短期工作期間進一步證實了他的發現。
- The car was perfect and we were able to run a very long stint with the soft tyres. 今天賽車的狀況非常完美，我們能夠用一套軟胎跑了很長的距離。
- Yoshiaki Miyamoto hooked just one eel on his morning stint on Lake Biwa, near Kyoto. 京都附近琵琶湖，宮本義明早上出海釣到一條鰻魚。
- Following her stint as a lawyer she served in Finland's parliament for over 20 years. 擔任律師一段時間後，她進入芬蘭國會任職了20多年。
- Typical Assignment: Design a lunar pod to support four NASA astronauts on a 28-day stint. 典型的任務：設計一個月球吊艙以維持4個美國航天局太空人進站28天。
- Or do a speed-cleaning stint once a week for two hours, and don’t clean the rest of the week. 或者每個星期只花兩個小時來進行快速清潔，然後其餘時間完全不做。
- Flying aircraft carriers had a brief stint in the collective imagination of a wartime populace. 會飛的航空母艦在戰時大眾的集體想像中維持了很短的時間。
- He had previous experience at a troubled French state-owned firm, with a stint at France Telecom. 他也擁有在麻煩纏身的法國國有公司工作的履歷，他在法國電信曾經工作過一段時間。
- Where We Left Off: Sharon Stone wrapped up a four-episode stint as an assistant district attorney. 上回說到：SharonStone以一名地區助理檢察官的身份結束了一個長達四集的案子。
- Often, however, your stint in college only prepares you to make further decisions regarding your future. 然而通常，大學的某些限制讓你不得不為了將來做更遠的打算。
- Having just returned from a three-year stint in Asia, I am full of optimism over this dynamic region. 我剛剛結束在亞洲3年的工作返回，對這個充滿活力的地區抱著樂觀的態度。
- When Mr Brown began his first stint as governor, California had an AAA credit rating, the best there is. 當Brown先生開始他第一任州長工作時，加州的信用評級是AAA級，是最好的。
- He has spent most of his life in exile in Switzerland, but put in a stint as a chicken farmer in Britain. 他一生中的大部分時間都被流放在瑞士，有段時間在英國做養雞農民。
- Dudley has spent about 30 years in the oil industry, including a stint as CEO of TNK-BP starting in 2003. 杜德利在石油業工作了30年，在2003年開始擔任秋明石油公司執行長。
- PercySpencer, an engineer at Raytheon after his WWI stint in the Navy, was known asan electronics genius. 第一次世界大戰期間，珀西·斯賓塞曾在海軍服役。 戰後，這位工程師就職於雷神公司，他是電子方面的天才。
- IT DOESN'T alwayspay to dress up for a party in Nigeria:it may earn you a hefty fine or even a stint in jail. 在奈及利亞，穿著打扮去參加一場聚會並不總是划算的：它也許意味著給你掙來一筆巨額罰金甚或是被投進監獄。
- Still others will quit a job and then work a long-term travel stint into their life before accepting a new job. 還有的人會辭去工作，然後給自已安排一段長時間旅遊，再去接受新的工作。
- If you're applying for a financial analyst position, don't waste space including your teenage stint as a lifeguard. 如果你申請一個財務分析的職位，就不要浪費篇幅寫你年輕時做過救生員。
- Fresh off a 35-year stint asthe Manhattan district attorney, Mr. Morgenthau has begun a new careerat the age of 90. 摩根索先生已經做了35年的檢察官，他剛剛退休，就開始了他的新工作。 即使他今年已經90歲了。
