economy

名词 economy:

1. the system of production and distribution and consumption
   同义词：economic system
2. the efficient use of resources
3. frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
   同义词：thriftiness
4. an act of economizing; reduction in cost
   同义词：saving

1. The new model delivers speed and fuel economy.
   这种新型设计能提高速度、 节约燃料。
2. The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation.
   我们经济的决定性因素是控制通货膨胀。
3. She preached economy as the best means of solving the crisis.
   她大力鼓吹节约是解决危机的关键。
4. The last five years have seen a consistent improvement in the country's economy.
   在最近的五年里，这个国家的经济状况一直在好转。
5. We should practice economy even if we are rich.
   即使我们富裕了也仍应该厉行节约。
6. The state of the economy is very worrying.
   目前的经济状况令人十分担忧。
7. Most of the countries in the region have unstable economies.
   这个地区大多数国家的经济都不稳定。
8. We are trying to make a few economies.
   我们正想办法节省一些。

e.con.o.my

n.（名词）
【复数】 e.con.o.mies 缩写 econ.

Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor:
节约：对资源如金钱、物质或劳动力的精打细算经营：
例句：
learned to practice economy in making out the household budget.
在制定家庭预算时学会精打细算

An example or result of such management; a saving.
积蓄：此种经营的例子或结果；积蓄

The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community:
经济体：国家、地区或群体的经济活动体系和范围：
例句：
Effects of inflation were felt at every level of the economy.
通货膨胀影响到每一经济阶层

A specific type of economic system:
经济制度：特定经济体系类型：
例句：
an industrial economy; a planned economy.
工业经济体制；计划经济体制

An orderly, functional arrangement of parts; an organized system:
组织，结构：各部分有序的、功能明了的排列；有组织的体系：
例句：
.the sense that there is a moral economy in the world, that good is rewarded and evil is punished.(George F. Will)
.这种观点认为世上有一套道德体系，善有善报恶有恶报.(乔治F.威尔)

Efficient, sparing, or conservative use:
简洁，有效率：高效的、节俭的或有保留地使用的：
例句：
wrote with an economy of language; a well-organized group that worked with an economy of effort.
以简洁的文字写出；一个很有组织的团体做起事来很省力

Economy class.
经济舱
Theology The method of God`s government of and activity within the world.
【神学】 摄理，配置：神统治世界的方法和活动
adj.（形容词）
Economical or inexpensive to buy or use:
廉价的，便宜的：经济的或买或使用起来花销不大的：
例句：
an economy car; an economy motel.
一部便宜的车；一家便宜的汽车旅馆

来源：
Middle English yconomye [management of a household]
中古英语 yconomye [管家]
from Latin oeconomia
源自 拉丁语 oeconomia
from Greek oikonomia
源自 希腊语 oikonomia
from oikonomos [one who manages a household]
源自 oikonomos [管理房屋的人]
oikos [house] * see weik-
oikos [房屋] *参见 weik-
nemein [to allot, manage] * see nem-
nemein [分配，经营] *参见 nem-

<注释>Managing an economy has at least an etymological justification.The wordeconomy can probably be traced back to the Greek word oikonomos, .one who manages a household,. derived fromoikos, .house,. and nemein, .to manage.. Fromoikonomos was derived oikonomia, which had not only the sense .management of a houseold or family. but also senses such as .thrift,. .direction,. .administration,. .arrangement,. and .public revenue of a state..The first recorded sense of our wordeconomy, found in a work possibly composed in 440, is .the management of economic affairs,. in this case, of a monastery. Economy is later recorded in other senses shared byoikonomia in Greek, including .thrift. and .administration..What is probably our most frequently used current sense, .the economic system of a country or an area,. seems not to have developed until the 9th or 20th century.
管理经济可以从词源上得到确认。economy 一词的来源很可能追溯到希腊文中的 oikonomos 即.管家.， 这又是从oikos 意为.房子.，以及 nemein 意为.管理.两词演化而来。 从oikonomos 派生出的 oikonomia 意思不仅有.家庭管理.， 而且有.节约.、.指示.、.行政.、.安排.及.国家岁入.等含义。Economy 这个词的意思最早记载在约440年出版的一篇作品上，意思是僧院的.经济事件管理.。 Economy 在此之后记载下来的意思与希腊语的oikonomia 有相似之处， 包括.节约.和.行政.，直到9世纪或20世纪，今天最常用的意思才开始出现，即.国家或地区的经济体系.