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单词 stint
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stint

noun
/stɪnt/
/stɪnt/
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  1. (+ adv./prep.) a period of time that you spend working somewhere or doing a particular activity
    • He did a stint abroad early in his career.
    • He hated his two-year stint in the Navy.
    • I’ve done my stint in the kitchen for today.
    Extra Examples
    • He later served a stint in the Navy.
    • He's doing a brief stint at the World Bank in Washington.
    • His résumé includes a stint as a professor of physics.
    • She met her husband during her stint at the London office.
    • The singer enjoyed a short stint at number one.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • brief
    • short
    verb + stint
    • do
    • serve
    • enjoy
    preposition
    • after a/​the stint
    • during a/​the stint
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    Word OriginOld English styntan ‘make blunt’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb stunt.

stint

verb
/stɪnt/
/stɪnt/
[intransitive, transitive] usually used in negative sentences
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stint
/stɪnt/
/stɪnt/
he / she / it stints
/stɪnts/
/stɪnts/
past simple stinted
/ˈstɪntɪd/
/ˈstɪntɪd/
past participle stinted
/ˈstɪntɪd/
/ˈstɪntɪd/
-ing form stinting
/ˈstɪntɪŋ/
/ˈstɪntɪŋ/
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  1. to provide or use only a small amount of something
    • stint (on something) She never stints on the food at her parties.
    • stint yourself We don't need to stint ourselves—have some more!
    see also unstinting
    Word OriginOld English styntan ‘make blunt’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb stunt.
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