• adj. 節儉的；樸素的；花錢少的

來自fructus, 果實，詞源同fruit. 原義為豐產的，豐富的，衍生詞義節約的，節儉的，即節儉才能富裕之義。比較thrive, 繁盛，thrift，節儉。

frugal

frugal: [16] Paradoxically, frugal comes from a source that meant ‘fruitful’. English borrowed it from Latin frūgālis, which was derived from the adjective frūgī ‘useful’. This in turn was the dative case of the noun frūx ‘fruit, value’, which came from the same base as frūctus, the source of English fruit. The links in the semantic chain seem to have been that something that was ‘useful, valuable, or productive’ was also ‘profitable’, and that in order to be ‘profitable’ it must be ‘economical’ – hence frugal’s connotations of ‘careful expenditure’.
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frugal (adj.)

"economical in use," 1590s, from Middle French frugal, from Latin frugalis, from undeclined adjective frugi "useful, proper, worthy, honest; temperate, economical," originally dative of frux (plural fruges) "fruit, produce," figuratively "value, result, success," related to fructus (see fruit), from PIE *bhrug- "agricultural produce," also "to enjoy." Sense evolved in Latin from "useful" to "profitable" to "economical." Related: Frugally.

1. She lives a frugal life.

她生活儉樸。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He was a VIP, but he had a frugal life.

他是位要人, 但生活儉樸.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. We're planning a frugal Christmas.

我們正計劃過一個花錢少的圣誕節.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She lived a careful and frugal life.

她過著謹慎、節儉的生活.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The old woman is frugal to the extreme.

那老婦人節約到了極點.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》