stints

英 [stɪnts]

美 [stɪnts]

n.  从事某项工作(或活动)的时间
v.  节省; 吝惜
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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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• An academic economist by trade, he built his reputation through successful stints as a deputy dean at the University of Michigan and dean at the University of Virginia.
  作为一名职业经济学学者，他在担任密歇根大学商学院副院长以及弗吉尼亚大学（UniversityofVirginia）商学院院长期间，渐渐树立起了自己的声名。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。