stint

/stɪnt/ (bre, ipa) · /stɪnt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstint/ (ame, mw)

stint — 名詞

  • stintsingular
  • stintsplural

1. a limited stretch when someone works in one role or joins one activity

1.名詞C1
釋義

任職；參與

在某工作或活動中的固定時段

a limited stretch when someone works in one role or joins one activity

例句

After a six-month stint in Seoul, Manuela moved back to Lima.

在首爾短期任職六個月後，Manuela 搬回了利馬。

pattern: a stint in [place]

Kian did a summer stint at the bakery before starting college.

上大學前，Kian 在那家麵包店做過一段暑期工作。

collocation: do a stint

同義詞
  • spell

    also means a period of time, but it is more common in British English and often feels slightly more informal

  • stretch

    often suggests a continuous period, especially one that feels long or demanding

  • tour

    is used for official or military service periods more often than stint

用法筆記

Common with prepositions like 'in', 'at', 'as', and 'on' to show where the period happened or what role someone had. It focuses on a limited stretch of time, not on the amount of work itself.

常見錯誤

❌My stint at the bank was eight o'clock.
✅My shift at the bank started at eight o'clock.
💡a stint is a period you spend in a role or activity, not the starting time of one workday.

2. the part of a shared job or duty that one person is expected to handle

2.名詞C2
釋義

分內工作

分配給某人的那一部分工作

the part of a shared job or duty that one person is expected to handle

例句

At the camp, each child had a dishwashing stint after dinner.

在營隊裡，每個孩子晚餐後都有一份洗碗的分內工作。

assigned task in a shared routine

Gita swapped her floor-cleaning stint with a classmate on Friday.

Gita 在星期五把自己的拖地分內工作跟同學對調了。

collocation: swap a stint

同義詞
  • duty

    is broader and can refer to an obligation, not just one portion of shared work

  • assignment

    often sounds more formal and can refer to a larger piece of work

  • turn

    highlights that people take the job one after another

用法筆記

This sense is about a person's allotted part of a larger task, often in chores, camp duties, or shared work. Distinguish it from sense 1, which focuses on the time spent in a role or activity.

常見錯誤

❌My stint was eight hours long at the factory.
✅My shift was eight hours long at the factory.
💡this sense of stint means your share of a task, not your regular work period.

stint — 動詞