Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she was taught by her parents to be hard-working and thrifty.
虽然出生在富贵之家，她的父母却教导她要勤俭节约。
What is so impressive about it, however, is not its lengthiness but rather the reverse — the thrifty compactness of its construction.
然而，令人印象深刻的不是它的冗长，恰恰相反——是它简洁紧凑的结构。
Parents are trying to encourage the children to be thrifty.
家长们在试着鼓励孩子节约。
But when Banks failed in the 1930s, many thrifty people lost their savings.
不过，当1930年代银行大批倒闭时，许多节俭的人失去自己的积蓄。
她是位节俭的家庭主妇。
Diligence is a money-spinner, thrifty is the cornucopia.
勤是摇钱树，俭是聚宝盆。
That is thanks, the IMF says, to Estonia’s thrifty habits in public finances.
国际货币基金组织说，这一切有赖于爱沙尼亚一贯节俭的公共财政。
U.S. consumers shouldn't get too thrifty yet, but some spending restraint would be prudent.
消费者不应过度节俭，但适量的消费节制无疑是明智的。
Although she was a thrifty housewife, she's never been grudging with money spent for us.
虽然她是一个节俭的家庭主妇，但从未吝啬把钱用于我们身上。
Whereas many Americans are reasonably thrifty, the wealthiest group spends more than it earns.
大多数美国人都相当节俭，而最富有的那群人花得却比他们挣得还多。
From my point of view, a college student, as a pure consumer, should learn to be thrifty.
在我看来，一名大学生作为纯消费者，应该学会节俭。
One is to accept the range limit and design small, thrifty vehicles specialised for city use.
第一，接受有限行驶里程的缺点，制造小型经济型汽车供城市交通专用。
Thriftiness is a great quality; however, if you're too thrifty on a date, it spoils the romance.
节俭绝对是一个美德，但过分节俭真的是影响浪漫情调的杀手。
The construction of a thrifty society requires the common participation and common action of the whole society.
建设节约型社会需要全社会的共同参与和共同行动。
Of course he is, Mom. He's thrifty, doesn't drink or smoke, has a very nice wife and three well-behaved children.
妈，那是当然。他很节俭，不喝酒不抽烟，有个很漂亮的妻子和三个教养良好的孩子。
Scientists speculate that part of the reason so many of us are susceptible to layering on fat is due to the "thrifty gene."
科学家推断我们那么多人易于堆积脂肪的部分原因在于“节俭基因”。
Such thrifty sorts may also constantly cadge cigarettes, rather than buying their own, or regularly borrow cash for bus fares, but rarely pay it back.
这种节俭型的人可能也会时常讨要香烟，而不是自己去买，或者定期借钱付公交车车票，但是很少会还钱。
Staff ethics: loyalty, selfless, hard-working, thrifty, unity, honesty, self-improvement, courtesy, observance of discipline and trustworthiness.
员工道德：忠诚、无私、勤劳、节俭、团结、廉洁、自强、礼貌、遵纪、守信。
Being thrifty is of great help, especially when the economic status around the world is not very good and it becomes harder to earn money than before.
节俭是很有帮助的，尤其是当世界的经济状况不太好，而且比以前更难赚钱了。
It is no secret that global spending must be rebalanced: indebted American consumers must cut back, while thrifty countries should spend more and save less.
毫无秘密可言，全球支出必须重新平衡：美国的负债消费必需得到遏制，节俭的国家应该减少储蓄，增加消费。
My features: temperament friendly but not definite view, kind-hearted and speak principle, the hobby widespread but no bad habits, thrifty but not stingy.
我的特点：性情随和但不失主见，心地善良兼讲原则、爱好广泛却无陋习、勤俭持家然不吝啬。
South Korean households, which have reduced their saving rate from 23% of disposable income in 1998 to only 3% last year, can hardly be accused of being overly thrifty.
在南韩，家庭储蓄率由1998年个人可支配收入的23%减少到去年的3%，这几乎不能被指责过分节俭。
The commuters include the French ambassador to the EU, a thrifty fellow who recently swapped the cavernous nine-bedroomed official residence for a flat near his office.
其中包括法国驻欧盟大使，他很是节俭，最近将其豪华的九室官邸换成了办公室附近的一处公寓。
Subjected to constant water-consciousness campaigns, Singaporeans are obliged to install low-use taps and loos, and expected to be equally thrifty with their showers and washing-machines.
新加坡珍惜水资源的宣传活动十分频繁，受此影响，新加坡市民深感有义务安装节水龙头、节水卫生间，并且淋浴头和洗衣机的使用也同样要做到最大限度地节水。
Since bond investors are turning their noses up even at offerings from thrifty Germany, the odds against Italy's being able to raise the money it needs early next year are uncomfortably short.
鉴于债券投资者们甚至对节俭的德国都不屑一顾，因此意大利在明年初筹集到必要资金的机会极其渺茫。
Since bond investors are turning their noses up even at offerings from thrifty Germany, the odds against Italy's being able to raise the money it needs early next year are uncomfortably short.
鉴于债券投资者们甚至对节俭的德国都不屑一顾，因此意大利在明年初筹集到必要资金的机会极其渺茫。
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