Stint

(noun.) an individual's prescribed share of work; 'her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her'.

(verb.) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; 'sting with the allowance'.

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• I was spared all chill, all stint; I was not suffered to fear penury; I was not tried with suspense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The vacation is nearly over, the stints are all done, and we are ever so glad that we didn't dawdle. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• To conceal from my friends the stinted manner in which I lived, I was in the habit of bringing my food to my room in the evenings, and this was my mode of life for many years. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I wasand with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• His living is a poor one, and gives him a stinted provision for himself and his family. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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