frugal是英語形容詞,意為“節儉的”“樸素的”或“花費少的”,用於描述注重節約資源的行為或生活方式,強調避免不必要的開支。其詞源可追溯至古法語“frugal”及拉丁語“frūgālis”,原義與“有效利用成果”相關。
該詞常修飾個人消費習慣或社會理念,如“frugal society”(節約型社會)、“frugal housewife”(節儉主婦)等搭配,體現資源高效利用的語境。套用場景涵蓋日常生活(如簡樸飲食)、經濟管理(如低成本創新)及社會政策(如節儉型醫療方案)等領域。
語義演變中,拉丁詞根“fru-”(享受、利用)逐漸衍生出“節儉才能富裕”的文化內涵,取代古英語辭彙後聚焦節約概念。現代英語仍保留其核心含義,派生詞包括副詞“frugally”及名詞“frugality”。
基本介紹
- 外文名:frugal
- 英式讀音:[ˈfruːɡl]
- 美式讀音:[ˈfruːɡl]
- 詞性:形容詞
單詞釋義,短語搭配,雙語例句,
單詞釋義
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短語搭配
frugal society節約型社會 ; 節儉社會
frugal housewife節儉主婦
frugal people節儉的民族
雙語例句
- 1Everyone says this, but it really is a top tip for frugal eaters.每個人都這么說,但這確實是給節儉的食客最好的建議。
- 2The honourable worker who lives a very frugal life gives away most of his money to charities.這位可敬的工人過著非常節儉的生活,他把他的大部分錢都捐贈給了慈善機構。
- 3They learned how to trim almost 20 percent off their monthly child care bills during the 30-day "Frugal Family Challenge".在為期30天的“節儉家庭挑戰”活動中,他們學會了如何削減每月近 20% 的育兒費用。
- 4Personal savings have been accumulated, often through frugal living habits that require sacrifices by the entire family and are thus a product of long-term family financial behavior.個人儲蓄通常是通過節儉的生活習慣積累起來的,這需要整個家庭做出犧牲,因此是長期家庭財務行為的產物。
- 5She lives a frugal life.她過著儉樸的生活。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 6The diet was frugal: cheese and water, rice and beans.飲食很儉省:乳酪和水,米飯和豆類。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
- 7Travel with frugal companions.旅遊與節儉的同伴。
- 8Be frugal in your material life.在你的物質生活保持節儉。
- 9Develop frugal habits.養成節儉的習慣。
- 10They are accustomed to being frugal.他們習慣於儉樸的生活。
- 11Do I need all three if I am frugal? Yes.如果我是一個節儉的人,那么這3樣我都需要嗎?
- 12Western consumers have become more frugal.西方消費者變的更為節儉。
- 13This is when our frugal way of life began.這就是我們節儉生活的開始。
- 14A frugal person is also not a cheap person.一個節儉的人也不是一個廉價的人。
- 15Gandhi lived a very simple, frugal life.甘地生活十分簡樸節約。
- 16They’re frugal, hard-working, and sensible.他們都很節約、勤奮且做事合情合理。
- 17Frugal products need to be tough and easy to use.節儉產品還需要結實而且使用快捷。
- 18Some of the world's billionaires have frugal tendencies.這個世界上的一些億萬富翁很節儉.
- 19The school encouraged us to be frugal with our time.學校鼓勵我們要節約時間。
- 20One of Gandhi’s lessons was frugal and healthy eating.過簡樸的生活,吃健康的東西,這是甘地給我們上的其中一課。
- 21I've been frugal all my life, but not even close to minimalist.一直以來我都保持著節儉的生活習慣,但是卻與極簡生活不同。
- 22Such a frugal mind-set could take the edge off any recovery.而這樣的節約心態將會減弱復甦進度。
- 23Take a peek at some of the most frugal wealthy people in the world.我們可以參照看一看世界上最節儉的有錢人們是如何生活的。
- 24Some people think that frugal living is equivalent to being “cheap”.一些人認為節儉生活等同於“便宜”。
- 25Some of the world's most famous economists were famously frugal.一些世界大牌經濟學家的小氣也是非常出名的。
- 26We're always looking for new ideas on how we can be even more frugal!我們時常在探尋更多新的點子讓我們可以更加節儉!
- 27Perhaps confusing the word frugal for cheap, is another issue with me.也許節儉和廉價的概念混淆是另一個問題。
- 28You don't haveto be a footloose young traveler to adopt this frugal mindset.你不必一定要做這種節儉行事的自由旅行者。

