单词:stints
n smallest American sandpiper
n an individual's prescribed share of work
v subsist on a meager allowance
v supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
stint的用法和样例:
例句
- Don't stint on the cream!不要舍不得放奶油!
- We hope that you will not stint your criticism.请不吝指教。
- She stinted herself of food in order to let the children have enough.她自己省着吃,好让孩子们吃饱。
- Don't stint yourself; take all you want.别拘束,要什么就拿什么。
- He lavished money on his children without stint.他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
- He's been smoking without stint.多年来他无节制地抽烟。
- He has done his stint for today.他今天的工作已做完了。
- Washing the breakfast dishes was her daily stint.洗早餐时用的碟子是她每天定量做的工作。
词汇搭配
- without stint不加限制地, 不遗余...
- do one's stint做派给的工作,做公平...
- with no stint不受限制地
经典引文
His wife and children had money lavished on them without stint.
出自:J. G. HollandNo need for stint where supplies were always at hand.
出自:E. R. PitmanWould neither stint nor stick Our flesh from off our bones to pick.
出自:Shelley
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