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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- frugal ['fruːgəl]
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1.
adj
practising economy; living without waste; thrifty
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2.
adj
not costly; meagre
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3.
adj
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin fr
u ga lis, from fru gi useful, temperate, from frux fruit
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1.
adj
practising economy; living without waste; thrifty
Examples
- a frugal meal
- 粗茶淡饭 → frugal
- 服用甚俭
- be frugal in one's habits → 服用
- 过日子俭省
- live a frugal life; live economically → 俭省
- 生活简朴
- a simple and frugal life; plain living → 简朴
- 生活刻苦
- lead a simple and frugal life → 刻苦
- 尽管我们极为节省，生活仍难乎为继。
- Though extremely frugal, we still found it hard to make both ends meet. → 难乎为继
- 日子过得仔细
- be frugal of one's expenses → 仔细
- 他是皇族贵胄, 生活上却很简朴。
- Though he is a descendant of an aristocratic family, he leads a simple and frugal life. → 贵胄
- 一向俭约的王大爷为贫困儿童捐献了十万元。
- Grandpa Wang, who leads a frugal life, donated ten thousand yuan to poor children. → 俭约
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