| 单词 | thrifty |
| 释义 | thrifty adjective uk/ˈθrɪf.ti/us/ˈθrɪf.ti/showingacarefuluse ofmoney,especiallybyavoidingwaste: 节约的，节俭的They have plenty ofmoneynow, but they stilltendto be thrifty.他们现在很有钱，但仍很节俭。 Budgeting money
thrifty| Business Englishthrifty adjective uk/ˈθrɪfti/usshowingacarefuluse ofmoney,especiallybyavoidingwasteandsavingmoneyfor thefuture: Retailers will need torethinktheirstrategiesas thriftyshoppersdemandprice-competitivegoods. thriftinessnoun[U] Consumers are againlearningtheimportanceof thriftiness. Examplesofthriftythrifty Approximating shapes with discrete decompositions isthrifty, with no redundancy or ambiguity. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, thethriftyphenotype hypothesis can be envisaged as an altered programming of growth and metabolism that aids survival pre- and early postnatally (fig001nhc). From theCambridge English Corpus Thethrifty, sober, careful, disciplined entrepreneur was, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, inextricably mixed with the uncontrolled, reckless idealist. From theCambridge English Corpus The steady,thrifty, and industrious were required, such writers asseverated, for whom certain reward awaited. From theCambridge English Corpus Gamblers and spendthrifts destroyed the patrimony of some families, whilethrifty, lucky, or wise managers could substantially expand their estates. From theCambridge English Corpus In order to maintain low overhead costs and to ensure that only the needy received benefits, friendlies promoted the concepts of individual success, hard work,thriftyliving, and integrity. From theCambridge English Corpus While some squatters bemoaned drunken shepherds on their sprees, others despaired of their inability to rise above the squalor of shepherding to becomethriftyyeomen farmers, even squatters. From theCambridge English Corpus Bethrifty, then, so that you will not become destitute. From theCambridge English Corpus Thrifty, if short, not lacking love. From theCambridge English Corpus I am certain that in practice that will leave untouched and untrammeled, and undisturbed every company which is carrying on athrifty, far-sighted, straightforward business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Think of the fraud perpetrated on thethriftywho had been implored to save and not to spend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Since he was seven he has suffered from muscular dystrophy, and his parents, who have always beenthrifty, hard-working people, have always looked after him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If interest is the wages of thrift, the wages of thethriftyhave been cut ruthlessly year afer year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By all means let us encourage the ambitious, thethriftyand the brainy, but that cannot be done throughout the whole range of employees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This would penalise thethriftyman, who had saved during his life as a public servant, as against the spendthrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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