stints

英 [stɪnts]

美 [stɪnts]

n.  从事某项工作(或活动)的时间
v.  节省; 吝惜
stint的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (在某地的)工作时间，活动时间
  Astintis a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place.
  1. He is returning to this country after a five-year stint in Hong Kong.
     他在香港工作了5 年后即将回国。

双语例句

• Johnson worked at The Wall Street Journal, for13 years, which included stints as bureau chief in Berlin and senior correspondent in Beijing.
  约翰逊曾在《华尔街日报》工作十三年，作过柏林办事处的负责人以及驻北京资深记者。
• This was the first of several stints as a Hollywood script writer for Faulkner.
  这是福克纳作为好莱坞电影编剧的若干任务的头一件。
• In February, Dunst checked in to the center, not long after Lindsay Lohan and Eva Mendes had stints there.
  邓斯特在二月在这家治疗中心登记，在那不久前，琳赛罗涵和伊娃·门德斯都曾在这家治疗中心接受勒戒。
• He has since worked in both private and public sectors, including stints in the Italian Senate and as one of the European Commission's group of company-law experts.
  他在私有和国有单位都谋过事，其中包括在意大利参议院干过一段时间，当过欧盟委员会公司法律处专家。
• The eight actors from the videos are doing four-hour stints in the gallery, killing time on the various sets.
  影像中的的8位演员在展览馆中正进行四小时的轮班工作，在不同的场景中消磨时光。
• After stints at retailers Rachel Roy and 3.1 Phillip Lim, Sun launched her line of highly wearable dresses and separates almost two years ago.
  在短暂就职于时尚品牌RachelRoy与3.1PhillipLim之后，Sun在大约两年前发起了自己的品牌，销售有着很强可穿性的连衣裙与上下装。
• He has had various stints in the country, first teaching English, then as a postgraduate student, interpreter and the regional manager for a US car parking firm.
  在捷克，他干过各种行当，先是教英语，然后念研究生、当口译，也做过一家美国泊车公司的地区经理。
• Today, however, many young people believe they have no chance of getting anywhere without a couple of stints of unpaid work behind them.
  不过，现在许多年轻人相信，如果没有几段无薪工作的经历，他们就没有任何取得进展的机会。
• A well-researched biography that pulls many trends of Obama-ology under its umbrella but stints on fresh interpretations.
  这是一部研究深入的传记，涵盖了当下许多对奥巴马的研究成果，但又有全新的解读。
• After college, Mel had a few stints on stage and starred in a few TV shows.
  大学毕业后，梅尔却很少再登台演出，也很少出演电视节目。