1 N-COUNT (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. (国家或地区的)经济,经济体制
2 N-COUNT 经济情况;经济状况 A country's economy is the wealth that it gets from business and industry. 经济情况;经济状况
3 N-UNCOUNT 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. 节约;节俭
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...improvements in the fuel economy of cars.
汽车节油方面的改进
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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 [usually plural] 精打细算 If you make economies, you try to save money by not spending money on unnecessary things. 精打细算
5 ADJ [ADJ n] 经济的;便宜的 Economy services such as travel are cheap and have no luxuries or extras. →see: economy class 经济的;便宜的
6 ADJ [ADJ n] (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. (比标准包装大的)经济装的
7 PHRASE 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. 假节约;看似省钱的做法
Quotations
Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want Anthony Hope The Dolly Dialogues
Everybody is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure Anthony Eden
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves William Lowndes
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