frugal
adj. 節省的,節儉的; 樸素的; 花錢少的; 約
People who are frugal or who live frugal lives do not eat much or spend much money on themselves.
She lives a frugal life.
她生活儉樸。
A frugal meal is small and not expensive.
The diet was frugal: cheese and water, rice and beans.
飲食很簡單:乳酪、水、米飯、豆類。
1. avoiding waste;
The family sat down to table, and a frugal meal of cold viands was deposited beforethem.
一家老少,都圍著桌子坐下.幾樣簡單的冷食, 擺在他們面前.
We had a frugal lunch.
我們中午吃了一頓便飯.
We're planning a frugal Christmas.
我們正計劃過一個花錢少的聖誕節.
The environment in India would be very favorable to a frugal andfrugal engineering and manufacturing.
印度的大環境對於一款經濟型汽車的構想、工程設計以及生產都非常有利.
He was a VIP, but he had a frugal life.
他是位要人, 但生活儉樸.