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（國家或地區的）經濟，經濟體制
An economy is the system according to which the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized.
例句
Zimbabwe boasts Africa's most industrialised economy.
津巴布韋是非洲工業化程度最高的經濟體。
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經濟情況;經濟狀況
A country's economy is the wealth that it gets from business and industry.
例句
The Japanese economy grew at an annual rate of more than 10 per cent.
日本經濟以年增長率超過10%的速度增長。
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節約;節儉
Economy is the use of the minimum amount of money, time, or other resources needed to achieve something, so that nothing is wasted.
例句
...improvements in the fuel economy of cars...
汽車節油方面的改進
There was mostly silence. I have never known such economy with words.
大部分時候都是沉默，我還從未見過如此惜字如金的情形。
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精打細算
If you make economies, you try to save money by not spending money on unnecessary things.
例句
They will make economies by hiring fewer part-time workers.
他們將通過減少雇用兼職工人來節省開支。
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經濟的;便宜的
Economy services such as travel are cheap and have no luxuries or extras.
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（比標準包裝大的）經濟裝的
Economy is used to describe large packs of goods which are cheaper than normal sized packs.
例句
...an economy pack containing 150 assorted screws.
內含150枚各種螺絲的經濟裝
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假節約;看似省錢的做法
If you describe an attempt to save money as a false economy, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later.
例句
A cheap bed can be a false economy...
便宜的床看似省錢，其實可能不然。
It seems a false economy to me to cut down on libraries.
在我看來，減少圖書館的數量并不是真正的節約。