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economy n.经济；节约adj.经济的；廉价的 (1) 目前的经济状况令人十分担忧。(2) 我们经济的决定性因素是控制通货膨胀。(3) 在最近的五年里，这个国家的经济状况一直在好转。(4) 她大力鼓吹节约是解决危机的关键。(5) 经济舱机票对一般工作人员比较合适,因为它的价格要便宜得多。 The word economy derives from Greek oikonomos "manager of a household," from oikos "house." The earliest meaning of the adjective economical and the noun economics was also in connection with the management of a household. The earliest mention of a nation's economy was in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, an important work in the history of political economy.

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英 [ɪ'kɒnəmi] 美 [ɪ'kɑːnəmi] (1) The state of the economy is very worrying.(2) The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation.(3) The last five years have seen a consistent improvement in the country's economy.(4) She preached economy as the best means of solving the crisis.(5) An economy class air ticket is fit for ordinary workers, because it costs much less. The general sense of economy is careful management of resources such as money and materials, so as not to waste them, but the more familiar reference is to a system of producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（国家或地区的）经济，经济体制 An economy is the system according to which the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized. Zimbabwe boasts Africa's most industrialised economy.津巴布韦是非洲工业化程度最高的经济体。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]经济情况；经济状况 A country's economy is the wealth that it gets from business and industry.   [usu the N in sing]The Japanese economy grew at an annual rate of more than 10 per cent.日本经济以年增长率超过10%的速度增长。3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]节约；节俭 Economy is the use of the minimum amount of money, time, or other resources needed to achieve something, so that nothing is wasted.   [with supp]...improvements in the fuel economy of cars...汽车节油方面的改进There was mostly silence. I have never known such economy with words.大部分时候都是沉默，我还从未见过如此惜字如金的情形。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]精打细算 If you make economies, you try to save money by not spending money on unnecessary things.   [usu pl]They will make economies by hiring fewer part-time workers.他们将通过减少雇用兼职工人来节省开支。5[ADJ 形容词]经济的；便宜的 Economy services such as travel are cheap and have no luxuries or extras. →see: economy class；   [ADJ n]6[ADJ 形容词]（比标准包装大的）经济装的 Economy is used to describe large packs of goods which are cheaper than normal sized packs.   [ADJ n]...an economy pack containing 150 assorted screws.内含150枚各种螺丝的经济装7[PHRASE 短语]假节约；看似省钱的做法 If you describe an attempt to save money as a false economy, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later.   [v-link PHR]A cheap bed can be a false economy...便宜的床看似省钱，其实可能不然。It seems a false economy to me to cut down on libraries.在我看来，减少图书馆的数量并不是真正的节约。

英语单词	economy
英美音标	英 [ɪ'kɒnəmi] 美 [ɪ'kɑːnəmi]
中文释义	n.经济；节约 adj.经济的；廉价的
英语例句	(1) The state of the economy is very worrying. (2) The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation. (3) The last five years have seen a consistent improvement in the country's economy. (4) She preached economy as the best means of solving the crisis. (5) An economy class air ticket is fit for ordinary workers, because it costs much less.
中文例句	(1) 目前的经济状况令人十分担忧。 (2) 我们经济的决定性因素是控制通货膨胀。 (3) 在最近的五年里，这个国家的经济状况一直在好转。 (4) 她大力鼓吹节约是解决危机的关键。 (5) 经济舱机票对一般工作人员比较合适,因为它的价格要便宜得多。
vocabulary简明	The general sense of economy is careful management of resources such as money and materials, so as not to waste them, but the more familiar reference is to a system of producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services.
vocabulary扩展	The word economy derives from Greek oikonomos "manager of a household," from oikos "house." The earliest meaning of the adjective economical and the noun economics was also in connection with the management of a household. The earliest mention of a nation's economy was in Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan, an important work in the history of political economy.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（国家或地区的）经济，经济体制 An economy is the system according to which the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized. Zimbabwe boasts Africa's most industrialised economy. 津巴布韦是非洲工业化程度最高的经济体。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]经济情况；经济状况 A country's economy is the wealth that it gets from business and industry. [usu the N in sing] The Japanese economy grew at an annual rate of more than 10 per cent. 日本经济以年增长率超过10%的速度增长。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]节约；节俭 Economy is the use of the minimum amount of money, time, or other resources needed to achieve something, so that nothing is wasted. [with supp] ...improvements in the fuel economy of cars... 汽车节油方面的改进 There was mostly silence. I have never known such economy with words. 大部分时候都是沉默，我还从未见过如此惜字如金的情形。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]精打细算 If you make economies, you try to save money by not spending money on unnecessary things. [usu pl] They will make economies by hiring fewer part-time workers. 他们将通过减少雇用兼职工人来节省开支。 5 [ADJ 形容词]经济的；便宜的 Economy services such as travel are cheap and have no luxuries or extras. →see: economy class ； [ADJ n] 6 [ADJ 形容词]（比标准包装大的）经济装的 Economy is used to describe large packs of goods which are cheaper than normal sized packs. [ADJ n] ...an economy pack containing 150 assorted screws. 内含150枚各种螺丝的经济装 7 [PHRASE 短语]假节约；看似省钱的做法 If you describe an attempt to save money as a false economy, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later. [v-link PHR] A cheap bed can be a false economy... 便宜的床看似省钱，其实可能不然。 It seems a false economy to me to cut down on libraries. 在我看来，减少图书馆的数量并不是真正的节约。

Economy Money N Count 可数名词 False Country's Management Resources