Stint
[ stɪnt ]
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n. 定额，定量;限额，限量;节约;[鸟]滨鹬;
v. 限制，节省;吝惜;<古>停止;
📝 例句
Then I had a stint as security officer in Hong Kong.
我那时在香港做过一阵护卫员.
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。
When you make this recipe, don't stint on the butter.
当你照食谱做这菜时,要多用奶油。
He lavished money on his children without stint.
他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
do a stint in the service
(定期的) 兵役
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ stunt-特技,stint-节省:电影里的特技得节省着用,太费钱
※ 谐音“死盯他”:死死的盯住他的钱包→吝惜,节省(自己的钱)
※ s-似“美女”,tint-色彩:美女使用昂贵的口红(色)时非常节俭
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-sist-表示“站立”
📖 牛津释义
stint
v[I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ on sth; ~ sb/oneself (of sth) (usu in negative sentences 通常用於否定句) restrict, limit sb/oneself to a small amount of (esp food) 节制、 限制某人[自己]（尤指食物）
Don't stint (on) the cream! 不要舍不得奶油!
She stinted herself of food in order to let the children have enough. 她自己省著吃, 好让孩子们吃饱. Cf 参看 unstinting. stint, n
1 person's fixed or allotted amount or period of work, etc （工作等）固定的或指定的量或期限; 定量; 定额; 任期
Everybody must do a daily stint in the kitchen. 每个人都应该每天在厨房里干点活儿.
Then I had a stint as security officer in Hong Kong. 我那时在香港做过一阵护卫员.
2 (idm 习语) without `stint (fml 文) without holding back; generously and in large amounts 毫无保留地; 慷慨地; 大量地
She praised them without stint. 她极力夸奖他们.
🔁 扩展释义
*[stint]vt. 节省, 限制, 停止vi. 节约n. 吝惜, 节约, 限额相关词组: stint oneself without stint stint sb in food stint sb of food
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That's not how I see it.
我并不这么看。
News is like fish.
新闻就像鱼，过后不新鲜。
I'm enjoying this. Where exactly are we going?
我喜欢这次旅行。我们到底要去哪里？