Economy

(noun.) an act of economizing; reduction in cost; 'it was a small economy to walk to work every day'; 'there was a saving of 50 cents'.

(noun.) frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; 'the Scots are famous for their economy'.

(noun.) the efficient use of resources; 'economy of effort'.

(noun.) the system of production and distribution and consumption.

录入:米尔顿

• You are not learning economy. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• As he might get an excellent smoke for half the price, he has no need to practise economy. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• By the above singular manner of building, strength is continually given to the comb, with the utmost ultimate economy of wax. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• I do not understand economy, and am frightened to death at debts. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It will save me a world of trouble and economy. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I don't send for you to make objections, Mrs. Michelson--I send for you to carry out my plans of economy. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• By which the reader may conceive an idea of the ingenuity of that people, as well as the prudent and exact economy of so great a prince. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He found them all greatly lacking in economy of operation; indeed, the highest results obtainable from the best were 18 per cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Body number two, said they must take everything on political economy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The objects of these were generally the promotion of industry and economy. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Its advantages, in point of economy, cleanliness, and even of safety, are sufficiently understood to spread the use of coal gas to every part of the kingdom. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He railed at us for our pains, terming us des ménagères avares; but we let him talk, and managed the economy of the repast our own way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• As is well known, the lamps of the first ten or twelve years of incandescent lighting were of low economy, but had long life. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I have in my hands a text-book of six hundred pages which is used in the largest universities as a groundwork of political economy. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This latter deserves special mention, not only because of its arrangement for thorough lubrication, but also on account of the resultant economy affecting the cost of manufacture. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Underground conduits are built, central offices located and cables provided with an eye to the future, and if these plans are carried out important economies are obtained. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He began, instead of answering, to speak of his projected economies, and of his having come to look at his life from a different point of view. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Nobody ever had a bigger scrap-heap than Edison; but who dare proclaim the process intrinsically wasteful if the losses occur in the initial stages, and the economies in all the later ones? 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• She put by the money he sent her; she continued her customary economies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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