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　

考研TOEFLTEM8

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.
  1. 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。
• 储蓄银行
  Athriftor athrift institutionis a kind of savings bank.

英英释义

noun

• extreme care in spending money
  Synonym:parsimonyparsimoniousnesspenny-pinching
• any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

双语例句

• 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。
• Industry and thrift favor success.
  勤劳和节俭有助于成功。
• 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？
• We should practice thrift in our daily life because it is one of our Chinese traditional virtues.
  我们应该在日常生活中实践浪费，由于它是我们中华民族的传统美德之一。
• 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。
• Thrift stores often sell household goods and perfectly good used clothing.
  旧货店经常卖家庭用品和保存得很好的旧衣服。
• 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。
• He has the virtues of thrift and hard work.
  他具备节俭和勤奋的美德。
• 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。
• Thrift has become the prevailing practice.
  节约成风。