查询词典 frugal

Her perspective is conveyed with a formality and a measured hesitation reminiscent of the later work of Henry James: Annabella had been taught to be frugal, and she had little talent for those embroideries by which women ornament not only their persons and surroundings but the passage of time itself.

Annabella对拜伦的感受，作者的笔触犹如Henry James晚期作品，一种拘谨的、节制而犹豫的回忆录的形式：Annabella一直被教导要节俭，对于妇女们一直学习用于装饰自己和周围乃至历史的刺绣，她没有表现出多少才能。

Besides the immense sums above mentioned, which were amassed by ATHENS, and by the PTOLEMIES, and other successors of ALEXANDER; we learn from PLATO, that the frugal LACEDEMONIANS had also collected a great treasure; and ARRIAN and PLUTARCH take notice of the riches which ALEXANDER got possession of on the conquest of SUSA and ECBATANA, and which were reserved, some of them, from the time of CYRUS.

除了以上提及的巨额经费，这些积累的雅典，和托勒密和其他继承人亚历山大，我们从柏拉图，该节俭的LACEDEMONIANS还收集了一个伟大的宝库，以及阿里安和普鲁塔克利用学到的财富通知亚历山大已经进入了苏萨和埃克巴塔拉，征服和拥有其中保留，其中一些，从赛的时间。

I' m very frugal but I like to be generous with my friends.

我非常节省但对我的朋友喜欢慷慨。

Don't be too frugal, yet don't be wasteful is the rule I live by.

不要太节省，但也不要太浪费是我生活遵循的原则。

It is said that Wang Yung-ching may be the world's most frugal of the billionaire!

有人说，王永庆可能是世界上最节俭的亿万富翁了！

I had a frugal meal of bread and cheese last night.

我昨晚吃了只有面包和奶酪的便餐。

How do you carve out time together and keep it frugal?

你们是如何挤出时间呆一起却又保持节俭作风的呢？

You think,"Not buying these things shows that I'm frugal and not a consumerist sucker."

你认为"不买这些东西说明我是一个节约的人，不是一个消费主义的呆子"

Comparison He lived parsimoniously, was frugal in food and drink, his clothes were beyond description; he looked like a beggar, but kept on saving and putting money in the bank.

换句话说，他活得就像个乞丐，但却不断地往银行里面存钱。根据分号和语境的判断，我们知道这两个分句之间形成了comparison的关系。所以我们可以根据后面一句话的意思推断出parsimoniously和frugal的意思应该就是过分吝啬节俭。

An economical meal; an economical shopper; a frugal farmer; a frugal lunch; a sparing father and a spending son; sparing in their use of heat and light; stinting in bestowing gifts; thrifty because they remember the great Depression;('scotch' is used only informally).

节俭的一顿饭；节俭的购物者；节俭的农夫；节俭的午餐；节俭的父亲和浪费的儿子。

If you are unfortunate enough to the lovelorn, please tell me, I will help you out, really, please contact me!

如果你不幸失恋了，请告诉我，我会帮助你摆脱困境，真的，请联系我啦！

China's plan to cut energy intensity by 20 percent and pollutant discharges by 10 percent between 2006 and 2010 is a case in point.

中国计划在2006年到2010间降低20%的能源强度和减少10%的主要污染物排放，就是一个这样的例子。