stint
stint 英 [stɪnt] 美 [stɪnt]
n. 节约；定额，定量 vt. 节省；限制 vi. 紧缩，节省
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- The noun stint means a set amount of time in which you do something — often work of some sort. "She served a stint in the army, followed by a stint in an office setting, before settling on a career as a lounge singer."
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- n. 节约；定额，定量
- vt. 节省；限制
- vi. 紧缩，节省
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1. I arrived in Moscow a week later, beginning a three-year stint as a Russia correspondent.
我在一个星期后抵达莫斯科，开始为时三年的驻俄罗斯记者生涯。
- stint (v.) "to be sparing or frugal," 1722, earlier "to limit, restrain" (1510s), "cause to cease, put an end to" (mid-14c.), "cease, desist" (intransitive), c. 1200, from Old English styntan "to blunt, make dull, stupefy" probably originally "make short," from Proto-Germanic *stuntijanan, from PIE *steud-, extended form of root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)).
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