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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 节省 [jiéshěng]
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1.
verb
conserve
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1.
verb
conserve
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 节省 [jiéshěng]
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动
有节制地使用,减少不必要的耗费
- 节省原料
- 节省财力。
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形
不浪费
- 爷爷花钱一向很节省。
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参见"节约"的提示。
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动
有节制地使用,减少不必要的耗费
Examples
- 节省时间
- save time → 节省
- 节省篇幅
- save space → 节省
- 节省人力物力
- use manpower and material resources sparingly → 节省
- 节省开支
- cut down expenses; retrench → 开支
- 为了节省篇幅，恕不一一缕述。
- For economy of space, I shall not go into details. → 缕述
- 经过反复实验，他终于找到了节省原料的门径。
- Through repeated experiments he at last found the way to save raw materials. → 门径
- 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
- 起风了，把帆扯起来才能更节省燃料。 → 帆
- 废物利用可以节省材料，优化环境，利国利民。 → 废物
- 利用杠杆可以节省力气。 → 杠杆
Collocations
- 节省时间
- to save time
- 节省下来
- to cut back on something
- 大大节省
- to save a lot
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