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economize

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v.节约,节省,有效地利用

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名词:economizer 动词过去式:economized 过去分词:economized 现在分词:economizing 第三人称单数:economizes

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eco=house(家)

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economize


/ɪ'kɒnəmaɪz; ɪ`kɑnə,maɪz/
v [I, Ipr] ~ (on sth) save (money, time, resources, etc); spend less than before; be economical 节省(金钱、时间、资源等); 紧缩开支; 节俭; 节约
*Our electricity bills are higher than we can afford we must start to economize. 我们的电费已经高得付不起了--得节省些了.
* economize on petrol 节省汽油.

economize


v [I]
to reduce the amount of money, time, goods etc that you use
economize on
 Higher taxes encourage people to economize on fuel.
1. Economize in order to make one´s money spin out until next payday.
    节省花钱以维持到下一次发薪。

2. Housewives can economize by buying their milk in gallon containers.
    家庭主妇可以购买加仑装的牛奶而节省开支。

3. For example, I didn't economize on words. I even wrote about my four dogs, and said I went to church every Sunday."
    举个例子说吧, 我是不惜纸墨的。我甚至描写了我的四条狗,还说我每个星期天都去做礼拜。"

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