英:[frʊ'ɡælətɪ]
美:[fruˈɡælətɪ]
英:[frʊ'ɡælətɪ]
美:[fruˈɡælətɪ]
fru·gal·i·ty
fru gae lih ti
复数:frugalities
词根:frugal
adj.frugal 节俭的;朴素的;花钱少的
adv.frugally 节约地;节省地
noun
the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift The conference table, like all the company's desks, is made of a door bolted to two-by-fours, a deliberate message of frugality to employees of a company that is losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year.—Saul Hansell
For these renters, the philosophy is more about having it all … than it is about hardship or frugality.—Roya Wolverson
1530年代,“经济,节俭”来自法语 frugalité(14世纪),源自拉丁语 frugalitatem(主格 frugalitas)“节俭,节制,节约”,源自 frugalis(见 frugal)。
FRUGALITY. The disposition to save or spare what we have got, without any desire to gain more. It is constantly, of course, associated with avarice ; but quite as frequently with generosity, and is often merely an extreme degree of housewifely habit. [Ruskin, "Fors Clavigera"]
节俭。节约或节省我们已经拥有的,没有任何获取更多的欲望。它当然经常与贪婪联系在一起; 但同样经常与慷慨联系在一起,而且经常只是一种极端的家庭习惯。[拉斯金,《弗斯·克拉维杰拉》]
borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French frugalité, borrowed from Latin frūgālitāt-, frūgālitās "steadiness of life, temperance, self-restraint," from frūgāl-, base of frūgālior and frūgālissimus, comparative and superlative degrees of frūgī "having merit or worth, deserving, sober, thrifty" + -itāt-, -itās -ity — more at frugal
The first known use of frugality was in 1531
1 These absences are part of what Joyce referred to as the style of "scrupulous meanness" with which he wrote Dubliners, meaning the frugality he applies to language, image and emotion.
2 His frugality was extolled at the memorial service by friends who’d known him longest.
3 We must practise the strictest frugality and economy.
我们必须实行最严格意义上的俭省节约。
4 Growing up poor in Atikokan, Canada, Graham learned the art of frugality.
5 The Pounders are far from alone in forgetting frugality on their postponed honeymoon.
6 She began filing articles about food, frugality, conspicuous consumption and her impassioned crusade for public schools, turning the last into a well-reviewed multimedia opus, “Mother on Fire.”
7 This family is shifting part of the notion of frugality onto the rest of society as a choice.
8 Valentine has patched clothes and collapsing underwear, and for all their shared ambition of frugality she finds it hard going.
9 Here are some ways that we have adopted frugality into our lives.
以下是一些我们已经采用的节约之道。
10 This private frugality has caused the fiscal deficits, they insist, not the other way round.
他们坚持认为,这种私人部门的节俭造成了财政赤字,而不是反过来。
11 Some owners and ownership groups have demonstrated payroll frugality that is greatly frustrating to fans.
12 But often there comes a time where, whether due to frugality, health considerations or, in the case of this year, social distancing restrictions, dining out nightly simply isn't feasible anymore.
13 I use that as an example of Swedish frugality, practicality and elegance.
14 What all these projects have in common besides frugality, community and an understanding of shared resources and gift relationships is that they do not or did not perceive themselves as businesses, but as artist-led projects.
15 And while “True Prep” dispenses a dollop of the upper-class frugality, many of its featured items are a bit more upmarket than the duck shoes and other L.L.
16 "Since the government started its campaign to crack down on luxury spending and promote frugality, our business with government agencies has been in decline," said Mao Xiangfei.
17 The cost is a moral test and frugality is next to godliness.
18 But he preferred his old one out of habit and an innate frugality that I suspect is one of the legacies I passed to him.
19 I will also cover why Frugality is not being Cheap.
后面我会谈到节俭和廉价也不一样。
20 This is a household in which politeness, effort and frugality are valued (certainly above grammar!)
这户人家推崇的是彬彬有礼、效率和节俭(当然是高出语法层次上的!)
2 廉价
3 节俭
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4 俭朴