Frugality
[fruː'gælɪtɪ] or [frʊ'gæləti]
解释:
(n.) The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.
(n.) A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
阿蒂整理
同义词及近义词:
n. Economy, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry.
整理:康拉德
例句:
- The expense, too, which is laid out in durable commodities, is favourable not only to accumulation, but to frugality. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- It was lucky for me that I had one as much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- It depends chiefly on two words, _industry_ and _frugality_; that is, waste neither _time_ nor _money_, but make the best use of both. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- As a man, we have beheld him practising and inculcating the virtues of frugality, temperance, and industry. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
整理:凯瑟琳