单词小站NO.276 | 考研英语大纲词汇 thrift

Posted 2021-04-24 考研英语外刊阅读

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thrift

英 [θrɪft]  

美 [θrɪft] 

英汉释义

n. 节俭；节约；[植] 海石竹

n. (Thrift)人名；(英)思里夫特

英英释义

1. N-UNCOUNT Thrift is the quality and practice of being careful with money and not wasting things. 节俭 [表赞许]

例：

They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise.

他们因勤俭节约和开创精神而受到了应得的表扬。

2. N-COUNT A thrift or a thrift institution is a kind of savings bank. 某种储蓄银行 [美国英语] [商业]

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【中文词源】：

来自中古英语 thriven,繁荣，兴旺，词源同 thrive,繁荣，兴旺。-th,名词后缀，后缩写自 t.词 义由繁荣，兴旺引申为节约，节俭。词义演变比较 fruitful,frugal.

【英语词源】：

c. 1300, "fact or condition of thriving," also "prosperity, savings," from Middle English thriven "to thrive" (see thrive), influenced by (or from) Old Norse þrift, variant of þrif "prosperity," from þrifask "to thrive." Sense of "habit of saving, economy" first recorded 1550s (thrifty in this sense is recorded from 1520s; also see spendthrift). Thrift shop attested by 1919.

同义词

n. 节俭；节约；[植]海石竹

economy , saving

词组搭配

thrift encouragement 储蓄鼓励

thrift lock 节水船闸 ; 节水闸

practise thrift 实行节约

双语例句

1. They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise.

他们勤俭节约，积极进取，得到了当之无愧的赞扬。

2. Diligence and thrift made him a possessor of warm fortunes.

勤俭使他成为富翁.

3. He has the virtues of thrift and hard work.

他具备节俭和勤奋的美德.