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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If a Service-to-Self soul, they may view the life they are losing as one of their better stints, and fear being placed into a crippled body, or one enslaved by others in a future incarnation.
  如果一个灵魂是服务自我的，他可能会将正逝去的生命看作是更好的份额，并且害怕被放在残疾的躯体中，或者是在未来的化身中受到奴役。
• A subsequent album," oh, my god," included guest stints from veteran jazz trumpeter Jimmy Owens and synthesizer player Bernard wright.
  随后专辑：“噢，我的上帝”，列入任期客人吹鼓手从老爵士乐理欧文斯和集大成选手贝尔纳赖特。
• 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。
• In that time, my wife has had five stints at four organizations.
  期间，我太太在四个机构担任过五个职位。
• After stints carrying sacks on a construction site and selling lamb kebabs in the street, she ended up as a masseuse in a public bathhouse earning$ 60 a month.
  在一个建筑工地扛沙袋，在街上卖羊肉串，最后她落得在一家公共澡堂，当了一位女按摩师，每月赚60美元。
• She's also done stints as a wrestler and has some experience acting.
  另外她做过一段时间的摔角选手，还有过当演员的经历。
• Her life as an artist started in her 30s, after unhappy early stints in industry and teaching.
  早年在工业和教育领域多次碰壁后，她在30多岁时开始了她的艺术生涯。