Economical
[iːkə'nɒmɪk(ə)l;ek-] or [,ɛkə'nɑmɪkl]
解释:
(adj.) avoiding waste; 'an economical meal'; 'an economical shopper'; 'a frugal farmer'; 'a frugal lunch'; 'a sparing father and a spending son'; 'sparing in their use of heat and light'; 'stinting in bestowing gifts'; 'thrifty because they remember the great Depression'; '`scotch' is used only informally' .
手打:米米--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.
(a.) Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.
(a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
(a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.
(a.) Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.
(a.) Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
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同义词及近义词：
a. Saving, sparing, provident, thrifty, frugal, not wasteful, not lavish.
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例句:
- The boilers were fired by wood, as the economical transportation of coal was a physical impossibility. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Clearly it demands great readjustments of our social, economical, and political methods. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- These great cable constructions, expensive as they were, were found more economical than horse power. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- In his time it was more economical to convey the hard water by aqueducts than by such pipes as could then be constructed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Stoves of this character are as efficient and economical as coal stoves, and are in great demand, especially where coal and wood are scarce and high-priced. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Huge possibilities have remained undeveloped because of the opposition of owners, forestallers, and speculators to their economical exploitation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She sounded to be such a careful economical person, that I should like any one out of the same family. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Hortense Moore (she was Mr. Moore's sister) was a very orderly, economical person. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Stoves have been invented especially designed for the economical consumption of such fuel. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- We see no reason why every economical housewife should not profit by these simple methods of preparing cheap laundry soap, as they are the results of practical experience. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- This is technically termed the neutral wire, and in the discharge of its functions lies the solution of the problem of economical distribution. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- And if we didn't get to Heaven that way, it was not a politico-economical place, and we had no business there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- The ability to maintain in the kiln a load from five to seven times greater than ordinarily employed, thereby tending to a more economical output. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Into this converted structure was put the most complete steam plant obtainable, together with all the mechanical and engineering adjuncts bearing upon economical and successful operation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- We have got on very economical so fur. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Why don't you ride and tye regularly with your two muttons, said I, when you want to be economical? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- It facilitates an economical selection and arrangement. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
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