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单词 frugality
释义
frugality
noun[U]
uk
/fruːˈɡæl.ə.ti/us
/fruːˈɡæl.ə.t̬i/
thequalityof beingcarefulwhen usingmoneyorfood:
She wasknownfor hersimplicityand frugality.
Theytaughtthat frugality must beobservedinfoodandclothing.
See
frugal
More examples
  • Helearnedmuch of hisfoodknowledgeand frugality from hismother.
  • Hergrandmotherhadexperiencedthe frugality of thewaryears.
  • She wassurprisedby the frugality of hislifestyle.
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  • impervious
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(Definition offrugalityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffrugality

frugality
His failure to do so probably owed more tofrugalitythan to purism.
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Ceasing to employ various service groups-for instance at weddings-would inculcate habits offrugalityand remove religious impurity, frivolity and vulgarity.
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In any case,frugalityis not simply a life-style choice for the poor.
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Consequently, it cannot be taken for granted that the non-frugalityof connectionist or exemplar-based models should count against their cognitive plausibility.
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There is a third vision that dispenses with this opposition: rationality through simplicity, and accuracy throughfrugality.
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This gaze heuristic illustrates that a smart heuristic can ignore all causal factors, and gain accuracy through itsfrugality.
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However, this apparentfrugalitymay have been a reflection of administrative weakness rather than policy strength.
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To a man who had always thought offrugalityand fiscal soundness as his hallmark, it must have been a particularly bitter expe10.
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The choice procedure is asked simultaneously to optimize accuracy andfrugality, without being given a trade-off function between them.
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We replace the narrow, content-blind norms of coherence criteria with the analysis of heuristic accuracy, speed, andfrugalityin real-world environments as part of our study of ecological rationality.
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Computing a trade-off between precision and accuracy would appear to place additional processing demands on the decision maker, contrary to the spirit of speed andfrugality.
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A class of reasoning heuristics characterized by speed andfrugalityis shown to perform very efficiently in a variety of areas and across a wide range of inference problems.
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It is done not only with no excessive expenditure of labour but also with greatfrugalityand cheapness.
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It seems hard that people who forswear present pleasure for futurefrugalityshould be penalised in this way.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Frugalitydoes not enter into the question at all.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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