英语释义

• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

• any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

片语

Basin thrift节水池

thrift deposits储蓄存款

thrift t节约

economy(Economy)人名；(英)伊科诺米

thrift paradox节俭悖论

thrift shop旧货商店，二手货商店

thrift basin节水池

thrift economy省钱经济

thrift intermediary储蓄机构

saving节约的；挽救的；补偿的；保留的

英汉例句

• thrift can be a fun way to stretch your hard-earned dollars.

  节俭是能让你抓紧辛苦挣来的美元的有趣途径。

• but even back then, weber says, people generally preferred praising thrift to actually practicing it.

  但是即使回到当时，韦伯说，人们通常喜欢赞扬节俭更胜于实际实行。

• space between letters indicates extent of thrift and tension.

  字母间的空间表明节俭和紧张的程度。

• thrift is the core of ikea’s corporate culture.

  节约是宜家企业文化中的核心理念。

• buying my clothes at a thrift store yields items that are not-so-watered-down versions of what i would get at my other favorite clothing store, and that are a fraction of the price.

  与其在一个节俭储存收率项目那里买不是很有水洗感觉的衣服，我宁愿在其它我喜欢的衣服店里买，只要花一点点钱。

• this new thrift is not confined to america.

  这种新的节俭品质不止是美国人才有。

• only the worthy canadians – who benefit from american financial expertise and products but retain the thrift and caution appropriate to their chilly climate – are an exception to the general rule.

  只有可敬的加拿大人是这个一般规则的例外——加拿大人得益于美国的金融专长和产品，却保留了与寒冷气候相称的节俭与谨慎。

• perhaps the candidates fear the irony of extolling thrift as they spend with abandon to destroy one another.

  可能候选人担心讽刺他们在竞选上赞美节俭的花费会让他们彼此陷入绝境。

• thrift has become the prevailing practice.

  节约成风。

• this embrace of the german habit of excessive thrift has hurt the economy.

  这种信奉德国人过于节俭的习惯的做法给英国经济带来了伤害。

• during my three years working, i prided myself in my thrift and planning.

  在我工作的三年时间里，我很为自己的节俭和精心打算而得意。

• despite all this, the business is a model of thrift and ingenuity, revolutionising travel in the north-east by selling tickets between its big cities for as little as $12.

  尽管如此，这仍可谓是节俭和创新的行业典范，它以往返各大城市间最低仅为12美元的票价，彻底改变了美东北部地区的旅游状况。

• that’s not the case. frugality and thrift used to be core values in our society, but we lost touch with these ideals during the age of easy credit.

  事实并不是这样，物美价廉和节俭是我们社会价值观的核心，但在信用消费十分简单的这些年里，我们丢失了这个核心。

• her parents taught her the verities they believed in: methodism, hard work, thrift and the importance of the individual.

  她的父母教她懂得了他们所信仰的真理：卫斯理派，刻苦，节俭，以及个人的重要性。

• oppose extravagant eating and drinking and pay attention to thrift and economy.

  反对大吃大喝，注意节约。

相似词

of属于；……的；……的一部分；住在（某地）；关于；由……组成的；因为；（表示人或事的时空位置）在，当

frugality俭省，节俭

miserliness贪婪；吝啬

thriftiness茂盛，节俭

conservation保存，保持；保护

saving节约的；挽救的；补偿的；保留的

thrifty节约的；（牲畜或植物）茁壮的，健康的

cutting剪报；插枝，插条；狭窄通道，路堑；切割，切断；割下的东西

parsimony吝啬；过度节俭

cheapness廉价

prevention预防；阻止；妨碍

waste浪费；变消瘦；挥霍钱财

management管理；管理人员；管理部门；操纵；经营手段

penny-pinching对…吝啬（penny-pinch的ing形式）

tightness紧密，坚固

economy(Economy)人名；(英)伊科诺米

abstinence节制；节欲；戒酒；禁食

相反词

waste浪费；变消瘦；挥霍钱财