名詞 economy:

1. the system of production and distribution and consumption
   同義詞：economic system
2. the efficient use of resources
3. frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
   同義詞：thriftiness
4. an act of economizing; reduction in cost
   同義詞：saving

1. The new model delivers speed and fuel economy.
   這種新型設(shè)計能提高速度、 節(jié)約燃料。
2. The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation.
   我們經(jīng)濟的決定性因素是控制通貨膨脹。
3. She preached economy as the best means of solving the crisis.
   她大力鼓吹節(jié)約是解決危機的關(guān)鍵。
4. The last five years have seen a consistent improvement in the country's economy.
   在最近的五年里，這個國家的經(jīng)濟狀況一直在好轉(zhuǎn)。
5. We should practice economy even if we are rich.
   即使我們富裕了也仍應(yīng)該厲行節(jié)約。
6. The state of the economy is very worrying.
   目前的經(jīng)濟狀況令人十分擔(dān)憂。
7. Most of the countries in the region have unstable economies.
   這個地區(qū)大多數(shù)國家的經(jīng)濟都不穩(wěn)定。
8. We are trying to make a few economies.
   我們正想辦法節(jié)省一些。

e.con.o.my

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 e.con.o.mies 縮寫 econ.

Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor:
節(jié)約：對資源如金錢、物質(zhì)或勞動力的精打細(xì)算經(jīng)營：
例句：
learned to practice economy in making out the household budget.
在制定家庭預(yù)算時學(xué)會精打細(xì)算

An example or result of such management; a saving.
積蓄：此種經(jīng)營的例子或結(jié)果；積蓄

The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community:
經(jīng)濟體：國家、地區(qū)或群體的經(jīng)濟活動體系和范圍：
例句：
Effects of inflation were felt at every level of the economy.
通貨膨脹影響到每一經(jīng)濟階層

A specific type of economic system:
經(jīng)濟制度：特定經(jīng)濟體系類型：
例句：
an industrial economy; a planned economy.
工業(yè)經(jīng)濟體制；計劃經(jīng)濟體制

An orderly, functional arrangement of parts; an organized system:
組織，結(jié)構(gòu)：各部分有序的、功能明了的排列；有組織的體系：
例句：
.the sense that there is a moral economy in the world, that good is rewarded and evil is punished.(George F. Will)
.這種觀點認(rèn)為世上有一套道德體系，善有善報惡有惡報.(喬治F.威爾)

Efficient, sparing, or conservative use:
簡潔，有效率：高效的、節(jié)儉的或有保留地使用的：
例句：
wrote with an economy of language; a well-organized group that worked with an economy of effort.
以簡潔的文字寫出；一個很有組織的團體做起事來很省力

Economy class.
經(jīng)濟艙
Theology The method of God`s government of and activity within the world.
【神學(xué)】 攝理，配置：神統(tǒng)治世界的方法和活動
adj.（形容詞）
Economical or inexpensive to buy or use:
廉價的，便宜的：經(jīng)濟的或買或使用起來花銷不大的：
例句：
an economy car; an economy motel.
一部便宜的車；一家便宜的汽車旅館

來源：
Middle English yconomye [management of a household]
中古英語 yconomye [管家]
from Latin oeconomia
源自 拉丁語 oeconomia
from Greek oikonomia
源自 希臘語 oikonomia
from oikonomos [one who manages a household]
源自 oikonomos [管理房屋的人]
oikos [house] * see weik-
oikos [房屋] *參見 weik-
nemein [to allot, manage] * see nem-
nemein [分配，經(jīng)營] *參見 nem-

<注釋>Managing an economy has at least an etymological justification.The wordeconomy can probably be traced back to the Greek word oikonomos, .one who manages a household,. derived fromoikos, .house,. and nemein, .to manage.. Fromoikonomos was derived oikonomia, which had not only the sense .management of a houseold or family. but also senses such as .thrift,. .direction,. .administration,. .arrangement,. and .public revenue of a state..The first recorded sense of our wordeconomy, found in a work possibly composed in 440, is .the management of economic affairs,. in this case, of a monastery. Economy is later recorded in other senses shared byoikonomia in Greek, including .thrift. and .administration..What is probably our most frequently used current sense, .the economic system of a country or an area,. seems not to have developed until the 9th or 20th century.
管理經(jīng)濟可以從詞源上得到確認(rèn)。economy 一詞的來源很可能追溯到希臘文中的 oikonomos 即.管家.， 這又是從oikos 意為.房子.，以及 nemein 意為.管理.兩詞演化而來。 從oikonomos 派生出的 oikonomia 意思不僅有.家庭管理.， 而且有.節(jié)約.、.指示.、.行政.、.安排.及.國家歲入.等含義。Economy 這個詞的意思最早記載在約440年出版的一篇作品上，意思是僧院的.經(jīng)濟事件管理.。 Economy 在此之后記載下來的意思與希臘語的oikonomia 有相似之處， 包括.節(jié)約.和.行政.，直到9世紀(jì)或20世紀(jì)，今天最常用的意思才開始出現(xiàn)，即.國家或地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟體系.