economics
/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/plural noun
often treat-ed as sing.
1- the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth经济学。
1.1
- the condition of a region or group as regards material prosperity经济情况：
he is responsible for the island's modest economics.
他对该岛不好也不坏的经济状况负有责任。
词源
late 16th cent. (denoting the science of household management)： from ECONOMIC + the plural suffix -s, originally on the pattern of Greek ta oikonomika (plural), the name of a treatise by Aristotle. Current senses date from the late 18th cent.