| 词汇 | stinted |
| 释义 | stinted past simple and past participle ofstint stint verb[ I or T, usually in negatives ] uk /stɪnt/ us /stɪnt/ to provide, take, or use only a small amount of something: 限量提供；吝惜；节省 The bride's parents did not stint on the champagne - there was plenty for everyone.新娘的父母在香槟上一点儿也不小气——足够每个人喝的。 Don't stint yourself - take another slice of cake.别吝惜肚子——再来块蛋糕。 See also unstintingformal Self-control and moderation anti-pleasure ascetically asceticism be in command (of yourself)idiom boundary go easyidiom go steady on somethingidiom golden mean grip imperviously puritanically puritanism restrained restrainedly restraint steady stint temperance undignified unsensational Examples of stintedstinted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This is how many commons are generally stinted according to 'levancy and couchancy'. They are spending money where it needs not to be spent, with the result that money is stinted where it ought to be spent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will give him my support at once with no stinted hand—with both hands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not unnatural that they should shrink from living in the same stinted conditions in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not be a grudging or stinted support. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This great task should not be stinted by lack of finance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment, it is largely a matter of chance and history whether a grazing common is stinted or not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On recruiting we have not stinted; we spend £600,000 a year in publicity on this particular matter alone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never stinted where it has been useful and wise to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They saved and stinted because to them there was a nostalgic mystique about owning their own houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Money should not be stinted, because it is a matter on which our national interests very largely depend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The capital expenditure during the last four years has certainly not been stinted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are stinted, physically and in their clothes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not stinted the money to be expended, nor has there been any shortage of labour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing will be stinted, and not a moment will be lost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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