economise 专八

They set up an influential committee to advise workers on how to economise in food.

他们成立一个强有力的委员会来劝告工人们节约粮。

The management decided to economise by cutting the dead wood from the workforce,thus reducing the wages bill.

方决定节开支,裁减劳动力中的冗员,这样可以减少工支出。

We’ve economised as much as possible,but to little great avail,since we still owe a lot of money.

我们尽可能节俭,但没什么,我们仍然欠了一大笔债。

they economise only when they could save money for themselves,if they could gain nothing or even be affected by the economising, they would quit.

不能自己钱甚至可能影响自己挣钱时，就不节约。这种片面的、狭隘的“节约”，归根结底不是真正的节约。