thriftiness

1. In order to qualify for the minimum wage, an employee had to establish a decent home and demonstrate good personal habits, including sobriety, thriftiness, industriousness, and dependability.
   为了够资格得到最低工资，员工必须建立一个得体的家庭并显示出良好的个人习惯，包括节制、俭省、勤勉和可靠。
2. My father often said it was only the hardheaded thriftiness of my grandmother that kept the wolf at bay.
   父亲常说若不是祖母精明能干，克勤克俭，一家人非挨饿不可。
3. On the Ancient Chinese Philosophy of Frugality and Thriftiness and Its Practical Value
   中国古代的勤俭节用思想及其现实价值
4. Thriftiness is a traditional Chinese virtue.
   他表示：节俭是中国的传统美德。
5. In all instances, thriftiness is a well-regarded trait among business people.
   节俭在商务人士中间被提倡。
6. Discuss on the Thriftiness of Hakka Clothing and Its Enlightenment to Modern Design
   客家服饰之俭及其对现代设计的启示
7. The way the story is told by Formosa Group executives, it was his extreme thriftiness, flexibility, patriarchal style of management and stubborn solidity that helped him transform a humble retail stall into a global player.
   根据台塑高层的描述，正是王永庆的极度节俭、灵活、家长式的管理风格和坚忍不拔的作风，帮助他将一家简陋的零售店转变为一家国际企业。
8. European household spending patterns have remained stable over the year, while North American thriftiness dipped in the fourth quarter.
   欧洲的家庭支出模式过去一年保持稳定，而北美的节俭程度在第四季度有所下降。
9. One explanation is that environmentalism and thriftiness have made growing vegetables trendy, an idea that is supported by growing shortage of allotments.
   其中一个解释是环保主义和勤俭节约之风使得种植蔬菜成为潮流，而这一想法也是由副业生产地日渐紧缺带来的。
10. Reflections on Cultivating the Youth's Sense of Industriousness and Thriftiness
    新时期培养学生勤俭意识的思考

noun

1. frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
   1. the Scots are famous for their economy

   Synonym:    economy