thrift
英 [θrɪft]
美 [θrɪft]
n. 节约; 节俭; 海石竹(海边野生植物，花鲜艳，呈粉红色)
复数：thrifts
Collins.2 / BNC.15985 / COCA.10231
牛津词典
noun
- 节约；节俭
the habit of saving money and spending it carefully so that none is wasted - 海石竹（海边野生植物，花鲜艳，呈粉红色）
a wild plant with bright pink flowers that grows by the sea/ocean
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 节俭;节省;节约
Thriftis the quality and practice of being careful with money and not wasting things.- They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise.
他们勤俭节约，积极进取，得到了当之无愧的赞扬。
- They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise.
- 储蓄银行
Athriftor athrift institutionis a kind of savings bank.
英英释义
noun
- extreme care in spending money
- any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
双语例句
- We give it to the thrift store or we call my sister?
我们把它送到打折店呢还是我们打电话给我的姐姐？ - Should she heed all we say of thrift, how many of us would be breathing this air?
如果她留意我们的节俭之言，我们会有几人还在呼吸这空气？费解啊费解！ - She learn from her father the virtue of hard work and thrift.
她从她父亲身上学到苦干和节俭的美德。 - China may have a worldwide reputation for thrift, but Chinese consumers prefer their cars and houses new.
中国人的节俭或许享誉全球，但中国消费者更偏好新车和新房。 - Oppose extravagant eating and drinking and pay attention to thrift and economy.
反对大吃大喝，注意节约。 - We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
我们对亏欠铺张一些东西，因为节俭和奇遇很少走在一起。 - Her thrift saved her enough money to buy a house.
她的节省让她攒足了钱买了一栋房子。 - It distorts our economic decisions, penalizes thrift, and crushes the struggling young and the fixed-income elderly alike.
它扭曲了我们的经济决策，惩罚了节俭，粉碎了奋斗的年轻人和固定收入的老人们等的梦想。 - China's energy development emphasizes thrift, cleanness and safety.
中国能源发展坚持节约发展、清洁发展和安全发展。 - This did away with the economic virtue of thrift and encouraged excessive consumption.
这背离了节俭的经济美德，鼓励了过度消费。