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thrift n.节俭,节约[植]海石竹 The word thrift originally referred to fortune and has come to mean the act of being economical; a thrifty person, or someone who practices thrift, is likely to be fortunate in the sense that he has savings. At a thrift store, you will find inexpensive clothing. You probably don’t want to exercise thrift when deciding on something important, like which brain surgeon to use. You may also find thrift on sunlit mountaintops, in the form of a slender-leaved plant with pink flowers. ★★☆☆☆ 2009.6

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[θrift] Thrift means being very careful about how much money you spend. Reusing the same tea bag ten times so as not to waste money is a kind of thrift. Even today, in our industrial life, apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world's work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]节俭；节省；节约 Thrift is the quality and practice of being careful with money and not wasting things.   [approval]They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise.他们勤俭节约，积极进取，得到了当之无愧的赞扬。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]储蓄银行 A thrift or a thrift institution is a kind of savings bank.   [AM 美]  [BUSINESS 商]

英语单词	thrift
英美音标	[θrift]
中文释义	n.节俭,节约 [植]海石竹
vocab简明	Thrift means being very careful about how much money you spend. Reusing the same tea bag ten times so as not to waste money is a kind of thrift.
vocab扩展	The word thrift originally referred to fortune and has come to mean the act of being economical; a thrifty person, or someone who practices thrift, is likely to be fortunate in the sense that he has savings. At a thrift store, you will find inexpensive clothing. You probably don’t want to exercise thrift when deciding on something important, like which brain surgeon to use. You may also find thrift on sunlit mountaintops, in the form of a slender-leaved plant with pink flowers.
真题原句	Even today, in our industrial life, apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world's work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]节俭；节省；节约 Thrift is the quality and practice of being careful with money and not wasting things. [approval] They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise. 他们勤俭节约，积极进取，得到了当之无愧的赞扬。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]储蓄银行 A thrift or a thrift institution is a kind of savings bank. [AM 美] [BUSINESS 商]
来源	2009.6

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