thrifty

adj.

1. 节约的；节俭的
   careful about spending money and not wasting things

1. ADJ-GRADED 节俭的;节省的;节约的
   If you say that someone is thrifty, you are praising them for saving money, not buying unnecessary things, and not wasting things.
   1. My mother taught me to be thrifty.
      我妈妈教我生活要节俭。
   2. ...thrifty shoppers.
      花钱精打细算的购物者

1. Jackie sees the comedy in her millionaire husband's thrifty habits.
   杰姬觉得自己的百万富翁丈夫的一些节俭习惯很是滑稽。
2. My mother taught me to be thrifty.
   我妈妈教我生活要节俭。
3. Be thrifty and hardworking in whatever undertaking you are to start on.
   办任何事都要勤俭。
4. Lei Feng, always thrifty, had saved this sum from his allowances.
   雷锋一向节省，这笔钱是他从津贴中省下来的。
5. Although this was a high-end furniture store, uncle Ed was also unusually thrifty.
   虽然这是一个高档家具店，但埃德叔叔却异常节俭。
6. She is also a thrifty, and industrious woman.
   她又是一位节俭勤勉的妇女。
7. Everyone calls him tight-fisted, but I see he is just thrifty.
   人人说他小气，可我看他不过是俭省。
8. What we have reason not to be hardworking and thrifty do?
   我们还有什么理由不勤俭节约呢？
9. Don't get me wrong. I just meant to say that he is very thrifty.
   别误会，我的意思是说他很节俭。
10. Except for smoking and drinking, he is a thrifty man.
    除了抽烟、喝酒，他是个生活节俭的人。
11. My mother is a thrifty woman.
    我的母亲是一个节俭的人。
12. My native place has population of more than one thousand people, of whom the majority are farmers and some are merchants and labourers, all being diligent and thrifty.
    我的故乡有一千多人，其中大多数是农民，有少数的是商人和其他劳动者，他们都比较勤劳和节俭。
13. We will bring in a measure to be thrifty with raw materials.
    我们要提出一项节约原材料的措施。
14. China is different from America: it is a rising economic power and a thrifty one.
    中国和美国的不同之处在于：它是一股不断上升的经济力量，而且还很节俭。
15. She is also a thrifty and industrious woman.
    她同时也是一个节俭而进取的人。
16. She is a very thrifty housewife.
    她是个很节俭的主妇。
17. There is not a ( no) thrifty man but becomes a rich man sooner or later.
    没有（跟有相反）一个节俭地人迟早不成为一个富翁可以。
18. Thrifty in small matters only.
    仅仅在小事情上节俭的。
19. Be thrifty be not the same as are a miser.
    节俭和吝啬是不同的。
20. Living a thrifty lifestyle does not have to mean doing without.
    节俭的生活方式并不一定意味着什么都不做。
21. He described his mother as a thrifty woman.
    他形容他的妈妈是个节俭的女人。
22. There is no place for the thrifty and hardworking to put their money with assurance of preserving its value.
    没有地方可让勤劳节俭的人们存钱，并保证钱的价值不变。
23. The consumerist, material world that we live in makes it difficult to keep living a thrifty lifestyle.
    在这个充满着消费主义的物质世界里，在我们的生活当中，几乎难以保持以前那种节俭的生活方式。
24. They have plenty of money now, but they still tend to be thrifty.
    他们现在有很多钱，但仍很节俭。
25. He is excessively thrifty because he remembers the depression.
    他还记得大萧条时期的穷困，因此他现在格外节俭。
26. His father is a thrifty farmer.
    他的父亲是个节俭的农夫。
27. It can help to train the students'team-work spirit and virtue of thrifty.
    它有助于培养学生的团队精神和勤俭朴素的美德。
28. They are very careful, slow, practical and thrifty.
    他们非常小心，沉稳，务实和节俭。
29. My mother had been a very hard working, industrious and thrifty woman with strong Chinese traditional virtues.
    我的母亲是一位典型的中国传统女性，勤劳、刻苦、节俭。
30. Very good, but the government is also running a campaign urging people to be thrifty.
    很好，但该国政府同时开展一项宣传活动，敦促人民节俭。

adj

1. mindful of the future in spending money
   1. careful with money

   Synonym:    careful

2. careful and diligent in the use of resources