You almost always meet this word in one short phrase: by dint of. It means “by using this method” or “because someone kept doing a hard thing.” She got the job by dint of hard work means the hard work is how she got there — not luck, and not a gift. The phrase sounds a little old and a little bookish; many people would just say by, through, or because of.

You almost always meet this word in one short phrase你幾乎只會在一個固定片語裡遇到這個字：by dint ofby dint of。It means "by using this method" or "because someone kept doing a hard thing."意思是「靠著這個方法」或「因為某人一直努力做一件難事」。She got the job by dint of hard workShe got the job by dint of hard work（她靠努力工作得到這份工作）means the hard work is how she got there意思是她是靠努力才得到這個機會——not luck, and not a gift不是靠運氣，也不是別人送的。The phrase sounds a little old and a little bookish這個片語聽起來有點老派、有點書面，many people would just say by, through, or because of很多人平常就只會說by、through，或because of。

Though actually, dint itself is older than that phrase. A dint was once a blow, a hit, the force of a strike, and also the mark the blow left (the same idea as a dent in a tin). So by dint of started as “by the force of.” In ordinary talk today almost nobody uses dint alone for a hit or a mark — dent took that job.

Though actually不過，dint itself is older than that phrasedint這個字本身其實比那個片語還要古老。A dint was once a blow, a hit, the force of a strikedint以前指的是一次打擊、一次撞擊、一擊的力道，and also the mark the blow left也可以指打擊留下的痕跡（the same idea as a dent in a tin跟tin罐上凹陷的dent是同一個概念）。So by dint of started as "by the force of."所以by dint of一開始的意思是「靠打擊的力量」。In ordinary talk today almost nobody uses dint alone for a hit or a mark在現在的日常說話裡，幾乎沒有人單獨用dint來指一次撞擊或一個痕跡了——dent took that job這個工作被dent接手了。

There is an old verb to dint, “to hit or leave a mark,” but you will rarely see it.

There is an old verb to dint還有一個古老的動詞to dint，"to hit or leave a mark"意思是「打擊或留下痕跡」，but you will rarely see it但你很少會看到它。