| 释义 |
stint¹ /stɪnt/ vt. | vi. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 限量给；使节省；对…吝惜
stint oneself (sb., an animal) of (或 in) food 限制自己 (某人，动物) 的食量
They will stint themselves for years to buy an apartment. 他们得节衣缩食好几年才能买一套房。
He stinted himself to get his son educated. 他省吃俭用，以便供儿子读书。
She never stinted her children for money to buy books. 她从不吝惜掏钱让子女们买书。
2. 〈英〉限制(牧场)的放牧头数；限制…的放牧权；分配(土地)的放牧权
3. 分配任务给…
4. 〈古〉使停止；使停顿
❷ vi.
1. 节省；吝惜
He stinted for years in order to save money. 他为了攒钱而多年省吃俭用。
2. 〈古〉停止；停顿
II n.
1. 节省；吝惜
He lavished money on his children without stint. 他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
2. 定量，限额；分配的任务，定额工作；工作期限，规定的任期
exceed one's stint 超过定量 (或限额)
I've done my stint for today. 我今天的工作已做完了。
do a stint of work every Sunday 每个星期天做一点工作
serve a three-year stint in the army 服3年兵役
3. 〈古〉停止；停顿
[< OE styntan to blunt; 与 ON stytta to cut short 有关] phr. stint on 节省着用，舍不得用 One thing Mother never stints on was food. 有一样东西母亲从来是舍得花钱的，那就是食物。stint on social programmes 紧缩社会福利计划 |