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基本英英词源记法近义反义派生词例句Thesaurus例句
adj.节俭的⁹²;省钱的⁸副词frugally名词frugality
俭朴其他好评合理消费节俭节约
Adjective:
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 来自fructus，果实，词源同fruit。原义为丰产的，丰富的，衍生词义节约的，节俭的，即节俭才能富裕之义。比较thrive，繁盛，thrift，节俭。 fruit来自fructus，果实。来自原始印欧语*bhrug，农业收成，收获，进一步来自原始印欧语*bher，裂开，词源同bore, break。即果实成熟裂开之意。原指土地上的各种收成，后固定指水果。 thrive来自中古英语thriven，繁荣，兴旺。来自原始日耳曼语*thribana，抓住，使繁盛。来自原始印欧语*trep，使满意，使享受，词源同Terpsichore，古希腊神话中的歌舞女神，字面意思为享受舞蹈者。 thrift来自中古英语thriven，繁荣，兴旺，词源同thrive，繁荣，兴旺。-th，名词后缀，后缩写自t。词义由繁荣，兴旺引申为节约，节俭。词义演变比较fruitful, frugal。钱博士frug成果，收益-al…的形容词后缀→有益的，富有成果的⇒节俭的，节约的
词源解释来自拉丁语，前半截frug-成果，收益和单词fruit成果、果实源自同一个原始印欧语词根。frugal的本意是“有益的，富有成果的”，后来演变为“节俭的”，可能是因为生活节俭才能攒下钱来，有益于改善财务状况。类似的情况还有thrive繁荣，兴旺和派生词thrift节俭、节约。GRE红宝书源自fruit；只吃水果→节俭；fruit 音：够，你中午吃什么，水果就够了→节俭frug成果，收益-al…的形容词后缀→有益的，富有成果的⇒节俭的，节约的。谐音记忆音“腐乳”⇒一餐只吃腐乳够节俭的吧.发音记忆腐乳过日 → 吃腐乳过日子 ⇒节约的近义词 tight紧的meagre瘦的scotch伤口saving 节约stingy吝啬的meager贫乏的thrifty节俭的prudent谨慎的sparing节约的economical节俭的careful小心谨慎的penny-wise省小钱的penny-pinching小气parsimonious极度节省的stinting动词stint的现在进行…反义词 wasteful浪费的
Pfrugalityn.节俭俭省
形容词99%,名词1%
用作形容词As far as oil energy is concerned, we cannot be toofrugal.就石油能源而言，我们愈节省愈好。
They lived a veryfrugalexistence, avoiding all luxuries.他们生活非常俭朴，力避奢侈。
Thefrugalboy rarely spends money.那节俭的孩子很少花钱。
My mother was also afrugalwoman.我的妈妈也是一位节俭的女人。
The result is that thefrugalhousehold is more stable.结果是节俭的家庭更加稳定。
We're planning afrugalChristmas.我们正计划过一个花钱少的圣诞节。adj.economical
同义词 canny,careful,meticulous,prudent,stingy,thriftyabstemious,chary,conserving,discreet,meager,mingy,parsimonious,penny-pinching,penny-wise,preserving,provident,saving,scrimping,sparing,spartan,tight,tightwad,unwasteful,wary
反义词 careless,incautious,spendthrift,wastefulgenerous,lavish,spendthrifty,uneconomical
abstemiousadjective restraining behavior or appetite
abstinent,ascetic,austere,continent,moderate,moderating,restrained,self-denying,self-restrained,sober,sparing,temperate
cannyadjective clever, artful
able,acute,adroit,astute,cagey,careful,cautious,circumspect,cunning,dexterous,discreet,foxy,frugal,having fancy footwork,hep,ingenious,intelligent,judicious,knowing,nimble-witted,perspicacious,prudent,quick,quick-witted,sagacious,shrewd,skillful,slick,slippery,sly,smart,smooth,street smart,streetwise,subtle,wary,watchful,wise,with it,worldly-wise
charyadjective careful, cautious
cagey,calculating,canny,circumspect,considerate,constrained,discreet,economical,fastidious,frugal,gingerly,guarded,heedful,hesitant,inhibited,leery,loath,miserly,particular,prudent,reluctant,restrained,safe,scrupulous,sparing,stingy,suspicious,thrifty,uneasy,wary,watchful
costiveadjective stingy
cheap,close,close-fisted,frugal,miserly,parsimonious,penny-pinching,penurious,pinching,tight,tightfisted
economicaladjective conservative with resources;careful
avaricious,canny,chary,circumspect,close,closefisted,cost-effective,curmudgeonly,efficient,frugal,meager,mean,methodical,miserly,money-saving,on the rims,parsimonious,penny-pinching,penny-wise,penurious,practical,provident,prudent,prudential,saving,scrimping,skimping,spare,sparing,stingy,thrifty,tight,time-saving,unwasteful,watchful,work-saving
hard-fistedadjective stingy
acquisitive,avaricious,chary,cheap,chintzy,churlish,close,close-fisted,costive,covetous,curmudgeonly,economical,extortionate,frugal,grasping,greedy,grudging,ignoble,illiberal,ironfisted,mean,miserly,narrow,near Its entrepreneurs are channelling the country’s rich technological and medical talent towards frugal approaches that have much to teach the rich world’s bloated health- care systems.
印度的企业家们正在将该国众多的科技和医学人才引向节俭的医疗手段，这能教给富国庞大的医疗保健系统很多。 ecocn |