| 单词 | economy |
| 释义 | Word Frequency economy(ɪˈkɒnəmɪ) nounWord forms: plural -mies 1. careful management of resources to avoid unnecessary expenditure or waste; thrift 2. a means or instance of this; saving 3. sparing, restrained, or efficient use, esp to achieve the maximum effect for the minimum effort economy of language 4. a. the complex of human activities concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services b. a particular type or branch of such production, distribution, and consumption a socialist economy an agricultural economy 5. the management of the resources, finances, income, and expenditure of a community, business enterprise, etc 6. a. a class of travel in aircraft, providing less luxurious accommodation than first class at a lower fare b. (as modifier) economy class 7. (modifier) offering or purporting to offer a larger quantity for a lower price economy pack 8. the orderly interplay between the parts of a system or structure the economy of nature 9. philosophy the principle that, of two competing theories, the one with less ontological presupposition is to be preferred 10. archaic the management of household affairs; domestic economy Word origin C16: via Latin from Greek oikonomia domestic management, from oikos house + -nomia, from nemein to manage |
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