| 单词 | economize |
| 释义 | economize (once / 4751 pages) v To economize is to be frugal — to be careful not to waste anything, including money. You may need to economize on heating oil, keeping the temperature in your apartment on the nippy side during the winter. Giving a kid an allowance is one way to teach her to economize, spending it carefully in an attempt to save some and make the rest last. Unless money is no object, most people need to economize to some extent, being frugal and avoiding waste. In the 17th century, to economize was "to govern a household," from economy, at the time "household management," from the Greek oikonomia, "household management or thrift." WORD FAMILYeconomize: economized, economizer, economizes, economizing+/economic: economically, microeconomic, uneconomic/economical: uneconomical/economise: economised, economiser, economises, economising/economiser: economisers/economist: economists/economizer: economizers/economy: economic, economical, economies, economise, economist, economize/uneconomic: uneconomically USAGE EXAMPLESTo economize during the Oregon-Northern California trip, he limited himself to one meal every other day. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) Hitchcock stooped to such fakery not to economize or to emphasize artificiality but to indulge his control-freak tendencies. Washington Post(Oct 19, 2016) It would nudge consumers to economize and businesses to get greener on their own, making emissions-cutting relatively cheap, maximally efficient and minimally coercive. Washington Post(Aug 18, 2016) 1v spend sparingly, avoid the waste of The less fortunate will have to economize now Syn|Hypo|Hyper economise, save tighten one's belt live frugally and use less resources drop, expend, spend pay out 2v use cautiously and frugally I try to economize my spare time Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper conserve, economise, husband blow, squander, waste spend thoughtlessly; throw away blowspend lavishly or wastefully on retrench tighten one's belt; use resources carefully preserve, save to keep up and reserve for personal or special use |
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