provident

形容词 provident:

1. providing carefully for the future
2. careful in regard to your own interests

1. Some of the farmers had been provident in the good years but others were ruined by the bad harvests.
   有些农民在丰年节衣缩食有备无患，但也有些农民由於歉收而陷入绝境。

prov.i.dent

adj.（形容词）
Providing for future needs or events.
顾及将来的：为将来需要或事件作准备的
Frugal; economical.
节约的；节俭的

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin prôvidôns prôvident- [present participle of] prôvidôre [to provide for] * see provide
源自 拉丁语 prôvidôns prôvident- [] prôvidôre的现在分词 [作准备] *参见 provide

【引伸】
prov.idently
adv.（副词）