My mother taught me to be thrifty.

我母亲教会我生活要节俭。

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。

Are they rich because they're so thrifty?

他们富有，是因为他们非常节俭？

They are very careful, slow, practical and thrifty.

他们非常小心，沉稳，务实和节俭。

It is true that Venezuelans are not thrifty by nature.

可以确信，委内瑞拉民众天生就不节俭。

Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money-box.

只有特别节俭的孩子能把存钱罐填满。

Parents are trying to encourage the children to be thrifty.

家长们在试着鼓励孩子节约。

The thrifty man sets aside some money each month for a rainy day.

节俭的人每个月为了下雨天预留一些钱。

Thrifty Taurus is also appalled at Leo's careless spending habits.

对于节俭的金牛来说，狮子的大手大脚简直是太可怕了。

Memories of hard years made the old woman excessively thrifty.

早年艰苦生活的回忆使这个妇人极度俭省。

Living a thrifty lifestyle does not have to mean doing without.

节俭的生活方式并不一定意味着什么都不做。

When savings are melting away being thrifty can be the road to ruin.

当积蓄化为乌有的时候，“被节俭”就使人走向毁灭。

Perhaps this thrifty nature even helped them make some of their money.

或许这些节俭的习惯也帮着他们挣了一些钱。

Be noticeably thrifty: fly coach, stay in cheap hotels, eat in diners.

行事节俭时要引人注目：坐二等舱，住廉价酒店，在食堂就餐。

Thrifty Germans are IKEA’s best customers, accounting for 15% of sales.

节俭的德国人是宜家最好的顾客，占了15%的销售额。

Thrifty Germans are IKEA's best customers, accounting for 15% of sales.

节俭的德国人是宜家最好的顾客，占了15%的销售额。

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。

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。

To live in a thrifty way, you need to pay attention to your day-to-day expenses.

若要节俭生活，你需要格外关注日常开支。

Avoid Saver's Remorse - There is such a thing as being too thrifty for your own good.

避免储蓄者后悔- - -有这样的一件事，为了自己好而过于节俭。

But the distinction is lost on me. I'm thrifty because I'm a tightwad and vice versa.

但这种区分对我来说毫无意义，我节俭因为我是个吝啬鬼，反过来说我是个吝啬鬼所以我节俭。

Mr. Higginbotham was too thrifty to keep a servant when his wife could do the work.

希金波坦先生太节省，有了老婆干活他是不会雇用人的。

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。

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。

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。