economise

1. Production in Australia, Japan and Malaysia was expanded; other sources of rare earths were exploited; manufacturers rapidly found ways to economise or substitute, as it were, a less rare rare earth for a rarer one.
   澳大利亚、日本和马来西亚扩大了稀土生产能力；其他一些稀土来源得到了利用；生产商很快找到了节约或替代稀土的办法，也就是以不那么稀有的稀土代替更为稀有的稀土。
2. Societies with more trust perform better: an expectation of co-operativeness allows a group to economise on resources it would otherwise devote to enforcement.
   信任度较高的社会表现得更出色：合作预期让企业能够节省下本会用于法规执行的资源。
3. There are a few bright spots only 16 per cent of Russians are planning to economise on perfume, and 7 per cent say the item they are least likely to cut spending on is chocolate.
   但其中也有一些亮点：只有16%的俄罗斯人计划节约香水支出，7%的人表示他们最不可能削减支出的物品是巧克力。
4. Dating agencies are reappraising their business models to attract clients, while signs are emerging that customers are beginning to economise on the costs of a "special night out".
   婚介机构对他们的业务模式重新评估，以吸引顾客，同时有迹象显示，客户开始节约“出去约会的特别夜晚”的支出。
5. It relies heavily on models that look to economise the costs of hedging.
   它所严重依赖的模型以节省对冲成本为目的。
6. The ships that come into and out of Walvis Bay are generally in less of a hurry than they were before the downturn, steaming more slowly to economise on expensive fuel.
   比起危机前，如今进出沃尔维斯湾的船只普遍显得不急不忙：它们为节约昂贵的油费而降低了航速。
7. Mining executives say that metal consumers are trying to economise, using new alloys or moving into plastics whenever possible.
   矿业高管表示，金属消费者正力求节约，尽可能采用新合金材料或改用塑料。
8. But governments also realise that they are providing incentives for banks to economise on capital and take on risk.
   但政府也意识到，它是在鼓励银行拿自己的资本以小博大，鼓励银行冒险。
9. Why don't you retrench then-scrape up, hoard, economise?
   那么你为什么不节约一下积累一点，储蓄一点，省吃俭用一些呢？
10. Based on practical data obtained on site and experiences in oil transportation, the article deals with various factors that affect the heat loss of crude oil pipelines, and furthermore, introduces some technical measures by which to minimize hest loss and economise energy.
    文章结合现场实测数据和输油经验，论述了影响原油管道热损失的诸因素，进而提出了减少热损失、节约能源的技术措施。

verb

1. use cautiously and frugally
   1. I try to economize my spare time
   2. conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit

   Synonym:    conservehusbandeconomize

2. spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
   1. This move will save money
   2. The less fortunate will have to economize now

   Synonym:    saveeconomize