economy
economy 英 [ɪˈkɒnəmi] 美 [ɪˈkɑnəmi]
n. 经济；节约；理财
名词复数:economies
- 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.
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- n. 经济；节约；理财
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1. The economy seems to be downshifting.
经济似乎正在放慢速度。
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2. This is an outstanding example of strict economy.
这是厉行节约的一个出色范例。
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3. As the war debt lightened, the economy of the country developed quickly.
由于战争负债减轻，这个国家的经济很快发展起来。
- economy (adj.) 1821 as a term in advertising, at first meant simply "cheaper," then "bigger and thus cheaper per unit or amount" (1950). See economy (n.).
- economy (n.) 1530s, "household management," from Latin oeconomia (source of French économie, Spanish economia, German Ökonomie, etc.), from Greek oikonomia "household management, thrift," from oikonomos "manager, steward," from oikos "house, abode, dwelling" (cognate with Latin vicus "district," vicinus "near;" Old English wic "dwelling, village," from PIE root *weik-(1) "clan") + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (from PIE root *nem- "assign, allot; take"). Meaning "frugality, judicious use of resources" is from 1660s. The sense of "wealth and resources of a country" (short for political economy) is from 1650s.
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