(1) 经济(上)的 (having to do with economy; economic)͵
(2) 节俭(约)的,经济的,合算的 (careful in the use of money,time,energy,etc; not wasteful) [A+prep(with/in/of)]: an~car/person/style of writing 经济型车/节俭的人/简练的写作风格; be~of energy/time 节省能源/时间; A good manager is~in the use of his funds/with the use of his funds. 一个好的经理在使用资金时非常节省。
→͵eco′nomically adv 经济地(上);
【注意】虽然economic和economical都表示节俭,合算,但人们在使用该词义时只用economical,如:an economical housekeeper (节俭的持家人); 而economic 则用于经济(上)的,如:the country's economic policy (国家的经济政策)。