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

• After that and a couple of other food-related stints, she finally opened Family Recipe in September of 2011.
  之后她又短期做过几份与食品有关的工作，最终于2011年9月开设了家族秘伝餐馆。
• After entering her interests into a computer programme at the school career service she was offered a variety of stints at conventional offices.
  在学校职业服务处，她在一个计算机项目中填入了自己的兴趣，随后接到了一些常规办公室工作的邀请。
• 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。
• He can fly in and fly out17 times a year for two-week stints, like I do, and he'd be silly not to.
  他可以像我一样每年来回17次，每次工作两周。如果他不干，那他就是傻瓜。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was controlling the middle part of the stints, and I had a bit of graining and stuff but Kimi was the strongest out of the three, I think.
  他控制着中段，我的轮胎有些粒化，但基米在我看来是我们三人之中最强的。
• 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。
• His solution was to become an intercontinental commuter, working six-week stints in India followed by two-week breaks back home in Glasgow.
  他的解决之道是成为一名洲际通勤者，每在印度工作6周之后，就飞回格拉斯哥家中休假两周。
• 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。