Word · Frequency #13898
stint
一段时间；时期
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
赛车术语中亦指连续两次进站之间的一段赛程。
- 1.
A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
做某事或处于某种状态的时期；一段时间。
- 2.
Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
滨鹬属的几种极小的涉禽；鹬类,如黑腹滨鹬或三趾滨鹬。
- 3.
Limit; bound; restraint; extent.
限制；界限；约束；程度。
- 4.
Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
分配的数量或任务；配给的份额。
- 5.
A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.
连续两次进站之间的赛程部分。
分派的任务；份额；滨鹬；小型鹬类；限制；约束；做某事或处于某种状态的时期；一段时间。；滨鹬属的几种极小的涉禽；鹬类,如黑腹滨鹬或三趾滨鹬。
In use
After a brief stint as a waiter, she found a job in marketing.
He did a two-year stint in the army before going to university.
My brother had a stint teaching English in Japan.
a stint as [noun]
表示在某职位上的短暂工作经历。
She had a stint as a journalist.
她曾短暂担任记者。
a stint [preposition] [noun]
stint后常接介词at、in或with，表示地点或机构。
He completed a stint at the hospital.
他在医院完成了一段工作。
do a stint
do a stint后常接动名词或介词短语。
I did a stint working on a farm.
Connections
Collocations
- a brief stint
- 短暂的一段工作（或任职）
- He had a brief stint as a waiter after graduating.毕业后，他曾短暂地做过服务员。
- a two-year stint
- 两年的工作／任期
- Her two-year stint in Tokyo gave her valuable experience.她在东京工作的两年为她积累了宝贵的经验。
- do a stint
- 做一段（工作、服役等）
- Many students do a stint of voluntary work abroad.许多学生在国外做一段时间的志愿工作。
- serve a stint
- 任职一段时间；服一段（役）
- He served a stint in the navy before joining the firm.他在加入这家公司之前曾在海军服役一段时间。
- stint as
- 担任……的时期
- His stint as captain lasted only three months.他担任队长的时期只持续了三个月。
- stint at
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 stint 拆成 s + tint（淡色）：给墙刷一层 tint 需要那么一段 stint（时期），记住它是‘一段限定的时间’。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：求职或简历、人物专访、职场回顾 stint 作为名词表示“一段时期”时，在口语和书面语中都比较通用；通常多用于回顾工作或任职经历，语气中性，比 spell 略正式，但不算高度正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
hint, lint, mint, print, and sprint genuinely rhyme with stint, all sharing the /ɪnt/ ending. Beware of pint: despite the same -int spelling, it is pronounced /paɪnt/ and does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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