stint
吝啬鬼,吝惜,吝啬的,吝啬的人
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- : to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
- : Archaic. to cease action; desist.
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- : to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.
- : Archaic. to bring to an end; check.
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- : a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.
- : an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.
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Two of these deals seemed set to benefit Energy Transfer, the Texas company on whose board Perry served immediately before and after his stint in Washington.
I learned about Butora during a brief stint managing the retail shop of a climbing gym in Colorado in 2016.
The country had been known for its frequent prime ministerial turnover, but Abe has been in power since 2012 — following a short stint from 2006 to 2007.
She’d done an earlier stint with the city, but most recently, she was director of New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.
Because if you’re a human being and your stint is going to end in two or three years, you don’t want to be too harsh on the companies that could end up paying you and giving you lots of money later.
After a stint with a replacement Head Mistress went sour, R seriously considered shutting down La Domaine for good.
Alan Gross was in a cheery mood, having survived a grim five-year stint in a Cuban prison.
He said he prefers to forget about his 18-month stint with the Railroad Commission.
After a brief stint under house arrest, Al-Thani was back on the art scene within a year, this time only as a private collector.
In 2010, President Obama then brought her back for a second stint.
For days after his departure, she had kept solitary; busied with little; indulging in her own sad reflections without .