1590s, "pertaining to management of a household," perhaps shortened from economical, or else from French économique or directly from Latin oeconomicus "of domestic economy," from Greek oikonomikos "practiced in the management of a household or family" (also the name of a treatise by Xenophon on the duties of domestic life), hence, "frugal, thrifty," from oikonomia "household management" (see economy (n.)). Meaning "relating to the science of economics" is from 1835 and now is the main sense, economical retaining the older one of "characterized by thrift."
双语例句
1. The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place.
美国计划加大现有经济制裁的力度。
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2. President Castro has warned Cubans to prepare for a profound economic emergency.
卡斯特罗主席已经提醒古巴人民为严重的经济危急状况做准备。
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3. The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions.
该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。
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4. The army was ideologically opposed to the kind of economic solution proposed.
军方从意识形态角度出发反对所提议的经济方案。
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5. Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent.
