economize
verb(British English also economise)
[intransitive]- economize (on something)
to use less money, time, etc. than you normally use 節省；節約；節儉 Old people often try to economize on heating, thus endangering their health. 老年人常常想方設法節約用暖氣，結果損害了他們的健康。
Synonyms savesave- budget
- economize
- tighten your belt
- save to keep money instead of spending it, often in order to buy a particular thing:
I’m saving for a new car. 我正攢錢想買輛新車。
- budget to be careful about the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose:
If we budget carefully we’ll be able to afford the trip. 我們精打細算一點，就能夠負擔這次旅行。
- economize
to use less money, time, etc. than you normally use 指節省、節約、節儉 - tighten your belt (rather informal
) to spend less money because there is less available: 指勒緊腰帶省吃儉用： With the price increases, we are all having to tighten our belts. 由於物價上漲，我們都只好勒緊褲腰帶了。
- to save up/budget for something
- to have to save/budget/economize/tighten our belts
- to try to/manage to save/budget/economize