It's not a sin to be thrifty, dear.

勤俭节约不是罪 亲爱的。

They represent the millions who have worked hard and scrimped, and sacrificed and retooled.

他们代表着无数辛勤工作、勤俭持家、不怕牺牲、自我提高的人。

NPC Spokesperson Lou Qinjian highlighted the role of legislative bodies in achieving development targets.

全国人大发言人娄勤俭强调了立法机构在实现发展目标中的作用。

'Thrift' is not a simple idea to define.

" 勤俭" 并不能简单地定义。

Saving money is not always easy - as we'll find out in today's programme, which is all about 'thrift'.

存钱并不总是那么容易，我们在今天的节目中就会发现这一点。这一切都和" 勤俭" 有关。

Later on the meaning of 'thrift' changed again.

，" 勤俭" 的含义又发生了变化。

Frugal and gentle, she and Xiangru enjoyed a harmonious marriage.

勤俭温和，与相如过着和谐美满的婚姻生活。

So I scrimped, and I saved, until I finally had enough put away to buy a medallion.

所以我精打细算 勤俭节约，终于攒够钱可以买执照了。

For example, the Victorian definition of thrift was based on a social agenda about being a respectable member of society.

例如，维多利亚时代对勤俭的定义是基于成为受人尊敬的社会成员这个社会动机。

We worked hard, we saved, we got 1.2, and we did it because we wanted this dream house in the mountains.

我们努力工作，勤俭节约，攒下了1.2，这么做是因为我们梦想拥有那座山间的理想之家。

There's no point denying that, certainly in the developed world, there's been a rise in consumer capitalism, that's just a truism, but thrift hasn't declined.

毫无疑问，在发达国家，消费资本主义正在兴起，这是不言而喻的，但是勤俭并没有衰退。

My father often said that it was only because my grandmother was so economical that the wolf was kept from the door.

我父亲常说，多亏了我祖母勤俭持家，他们才得以勉强维持生计。

"Find an active, useful sort of person," she told me, "a woman who can make a small income go a long way."

“找一个活泼有用的女人，”告诉我，“一个能勤俭持家、细水长流的女人。”

Alison mentions that once these basic needs were satisfied, people moved away from thrift into consumerism, the desire to buy 'luxury' products which were not absolutely necessary.

艾莉森提到，一旦这些基本需求得到满足，人们就从勤俭转向消费主义，即购买并非绝对必要的" 奢侈品" 的欲望。

I thought vanity a sort of graceful flower for a young man to wear; as for extravagance -- the virtues of prudence and thrift were not in my own nature.

我认为虚荣是年轻人佩戴的娇艳花朵，至于奢侈--勤俭节约并不是我的个性。

OK. Well, today we've been talking about the changing meanings of 'thrift', an idea connected to frugality - being careful not to spend too much money.

好的。今天我们一直在讨论" 勤俭" 含义的变化，它和" 节俭" 有关——是指注意不花太多钱。

Nearly all the settlers were of native American stock into whose frugal and industrious lives the later Irish and German immigrants fitted, on the whole, with little friction.

几乎所有的定居者都是美国本土血统，总体上说，的爱尔兰和德国移民适应了他们勤俭节约的生活。

The older of the two comes from the word 'thrive' etymologically, and described thrift as the ability to live well and to flourish, so it's that sense of human flourishing.

其中较老的定义从词源学上讲源自" 繁荣" 这个词，并形容" 勤俭" 为生活得好以及繁荣昌盛的能力，所以它就是人类繁荣昌盛的意思。

It seems the oldest definition of 'thrift' has nothing to do with saving money and is connected to the verbs 'thrive' and 'flourish' - meaning to grow or develop successfully.

对" 勤俭" 的最古老定义似乎与存钱无关，它与动词" 繁荣" 和" 兴旺" 有关，意思是成功地成长或发展。

Ideas about frugality and thrift changed again during the Second World War when the public was encouraged to avoid waste so that every material resource could go into the war effort.

勤俭和节俭的概念在第二次世界大战期间再次发生改变，当时公众被鼓励要避免浪费，这样每一种物质资源都可以投入到战争中。