thrifty

💬 双语例句

1. He is thrifty, not to say stingy.

   他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。

2. But real interest rates did not fall enough, because nominal interest rates cannot go below zero. By increasing inflation, the Fed would turn real interest rates seriously negative, thereby coercing thrifty households into spending instead of saving.

   总需求的一大重要源头已经蒸发殆尽。 随着消费者不再买东西，真实（经通胀调整的）利率应该下降以鼓励节俭家庭增加支出。 但真实利率没有降到位，因为名义利率不可能低于零。 美联储可以通过增加通胀率将真实利率拉低到远低于零的水平，从而强迫节俭家庭停止储蓄、开始消费。 随着需求的增加，企业将开始招聘新人，一切都睡随之好起来。

3. The fire-and-brimstone language so often used to describe emerging-market crises (“virtuous” versus “profligate” countries, for example) is not appropriate, because, as we have seen, the improvident yet liquid need not be punished for their supposed sins – while the thrifty but illiquid can be.

   新兴市场危机常常会用夸张的形容词来描述（比如“正直”国家和“放荡”国家 ） ， 这是不合适的，因为我们已经看到，浪费但流动性好的国家未必会因为所谓的罪恶的受到惩罚 — — 而节俭但流动性差的国家有可能受到惩罚。

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