单词 | frugal |
释义 | frugal (once / 1326 pages) adj A person who lives simply and economically can be called frugal. Buying clothes at a consignment shop would be considered frugal. Not getting your mom a gift for her birthday — that's just cheap. Thrifty, spartan, and prudent are synonyms for frugal, a word that often has positive connotations when used to describe a person who lives a simple life. "The question for retailers is whether shoppers will remain frugal or slowly resume their old spending habits whenever they get more money in their pockets," wrote The Wall Street Journal. You might also speak of "a frugal meal" — a very plain, cheap one. The word is from Latin frux, meaning "fruit" (in the sense of "profit"). WORD FAMILYfrugal: frugalest, frugality, frugally, frugalness+/frugality: frugalities USAGE EXAMPLESThe Ahmeds were so frugal that their benefactors sometimes worried whether they were buying enough to eat. New York Times(Jun 30, 2016) Why Inditex is different remains slightly mysterious, partly because its financial disclosure is so frugal. Wall Street Journal(Dec 14, 2016) Ma says he is more frugal than his friends. Reuters(Dec 11, 2016) adj avoiding waste a frugal farmer a frugal lunch Syn economical, scotch, sparing, stinting thrifty careful and diligent in the use of resources |
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