詞彙精選：thrifty的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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adj.

節儉的，節約的

例句：

Her mother is a thrifty housewife.

她媽媽是一個節儉的主婦。

例句：

Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money-box.

只有非常節儉的兒童纔會設法填滿一個儲蓄罐。

茁壯的，茂盛的；成功的

例句：

Big cities are thrifty versions of small ones.

大城市就是小城市茁壯發展的版本。

二、詞義辨析：

economical,thrifty

這兩個形容詞都表示“節約的”之意。economical指正當使用財物，強調節省，避免浪費。thrifty側重節縮開支，積蓄收入。

三、參考例句：

Her mother is a thrifty housewife.

她媽媽是一個節儉的主婦。

His wife is a thrifty housekeeper.

她的妻子是個節儉的好管家。

The thrifty farmer seldom indulge himself with good food.

那個節儉的農民難得吃好菜好飯讓自己享受一下。

Big cities are thrifty versions of small ones.

大城市就是小城市茁壯發展的版本。

Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money-box.

只有非常節儉的兒童纔會設法填滿一個儲蓄罐。

Jackie sees the comedy in her millionaire husband's thrifty habits.

傑姬覺得自己的百萬富翁丈夫的一些節儉習慣很是滑稽。

Thriftiness is a great quality; however, if you're too thrifty on a date, it spoils the romance.

節儉絕對是一個美德，但過分節儉真的是影響浪漫情調的殺手。

Although this child is only sixteen years old, he is so thrifty that he has one hundred dollars.

雖然這個孩子年僅16歲，他卻很節儉，已經攢了100美元。

And thrifty environmentalists rejoice at the lack of chemicals in and on their bodies - not to mention the impact on their budgets.

這種方法不僅能讓洗髮者從內到外遠離化學物品，還省了不少錢。