stint

vt [常用于否定] 节省；吝啬

• You can't stint on the butter to make that recipe. 做这道菜你不能那么节省黄油。

• She stinted herself for years in order to save money. 她为了攒钱多年来省吃俭用。

词组stint on 节省着用；舍不得用

• stint on welfare programmes 紧缩福利计划

• One thing she never stints on was clothes. 有一样东西她从来都是舍得花钱的，那就是衣服。