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单词 stint
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/stɪnt/
with obj.[often with negative]
1
supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something)
吝惜地供给; 缺量供给:

stowage room hasn't been stinted.

储藏空间充裕。

1.1
restrict (someone) in the amount of something (especially money) given or permitted
(尤指钱)限量给:

to avoid having to stint yourself, budget in advance.

为避免经济拮据, 你得提前做好预算。

1.2
no obj. be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
节约; 吝啬:

he doesn't stint on wining and dining.

在吃喝上他毫不吝啬。

1
a person's fixed or allotted period of work
工作期限:

his varied career included a stint as a magician.

他一生所干过的各种职业中包括当了一段时间的魔术师。

2
mass noun limitation of supply or effort
有限供给; 有限的努力:

a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint.

一位不仅有鉴别力而且有财力可以毫不吝惜地花钱满足自己的收藏家。

词源
Old English styntan 'make blunt', of Germanic origin; related to STUNT1.

stint2

/stɪnt/
1
a small short-legged sandpiper of northern Eurasia and Alaska, with a brownish back and white underparts
滨鹬。
1.1
Genus Calidris, family Scolopacidae: four species.
滨鹬属, 鹬科:4种。
词源
Middle English: of unknown origin.
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