thrifty
adj. 節儉的; 節約的
If you say that someone is thrifty, you are praising them for saving money, not buying unnecessary things, and not wasting things.
My mother taught me to be thrifty.
我媽媽教我生活要節儉。
...thrifty shoppers.
花錢精打細算的購物者
1. careful and diligent in the use of resources
2. mindful of the future in spending money;
economical, thrifty
這兩個形容詞都表示"節約的"之意。
Hitler lives a simple and thrifty life! Hitler is a vegetarian.
希特勒一生過著樸素、節儉的生活!
German consumers stayed thrifty as consumers from San Sebasti á n to San Francisco binged on debt.
聖賽瓦斯蒂安人和舊金山人在負債揮霍,德國人卻依舊節衣縮食.
He found them thrifty , hardworking, unpretentious – like Japanese commoners, one imagine.
他發現德國人是那麼的勤勞, 節儉, 樸實–就像日本的老百姓.
My goodness the skies are thrifty these days and so I've heard is the American consumer.
這些日子天庭眾神都很結儉,我聽說美國掂費者也是.
His wife is a frugal [ thrifty ] housekeeper .
她的妻子是個 節儉 的好管家.