economize

英 [ɪˈkɒnəmaɪz]

美 [ɪˈkɑːnəmaɪz]

v.  节省; 节约; 节俭

现在分词：economizing　过去式：economized　第三人称单数：economizes　过去分词：economized　

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BNC.33921 / COCA.25167

牛津词典

verb

• 节省；节约；节俭
  to use less money, time, etc. than you normally use
  1. Old people often try to economize on heating, thus endangering their health.
     老年人常常想方设法节约用暖气，结果损害了他们的健康。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 economise


• VERB 节约;节省
  If youeconomize, you save money by spending it very carefully.
  1. We're going to have to economize from now on...
     从现在开始，我们不得不节约开支。
  2. Hollywood has been talking about economizing on movie budgets.
     好莱坞一直在讨论紧缩电影预算。

英英释义

verb

• use cautiously and frugally
  1. I try to economize my spare time
  2. conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit
  Synonym:conservehusbandeconomise
• spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
  1. This move will save money
  2. The less fortunate will have to economize now
  Synonym:saveeconomise

双语例句

• We have to economize on water during the dry season.
  我们在旱季不得不节约用水。
• How to economize on water and raise its utilization rate has become another subject to chemical enterprises nowadays.
  合理、节约用水以及提高水的利用率已经成为目前化工企业面临的重要课题。
• The management decided to economize by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.
  资方决定节省开支，裁减劳动力中的冗员，这样可以减少工资支出。
• I'd rather economize on clothes than food.
  我情愿节衣不愿缩食。
• Testing analysis can find some lack of item design on forepart of testing, lower the risk of item, raise the testing efficiency, economize the testing cost.
  软件测试分析做好了，可以在测试前期就发现一些项目设计考虑不足之处，降低了项目的风险，提高了测试效率，节约了测试成本。
• In order to economize, we have to cut down the non-productive expenditure of our factory to a mininum.
  为厉行节约，我们把工厂里非生产性的开支削减到最低限度。
• Economize on energy and resources to develop a cyclic economy.
  节约各类能源和资源，努力发展循环经济。
• Hollywood has been talking about economizing on movie budgets.
  好莱坞一直在讨论紧缩电影预算。
• The best way to economize is to raise the quality of products.
  提高产品质量是最大的节约。
• This technology can economize on energy resources, improve the quality of products, make use of low quality raw materials, compared with plastic pressing method.
  这种工艺与塑压法相比，可节约能源，提高产品质量和利用低质原料。