frugally
/ˈfruːɡəli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfruːɡəli/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrügəlē -li/ (ame, mw)
frugally — 副詞
1. by spending very little money and avoiding waste, especially on food, household
節儉地
節省使用金錢或食物
by spending very little money and avoiding waste, especially on food, household items, or daily living expenses.
Theo and his family lived frugally, growing their own vegetables and fixing broken furniture instead of buying new ones.
Theo 一家過著節儉的生活，自己種蔬菜、修理壞掉的家具，而不是買新的。
collocation: live frugally
After losing his job, Amir learned to shop frugally by comparing prices at different stores.
失業後，Amir 學會了節儉購物，在買東西之前先比較不同商店的價格。
collocation: shop frugally + by [method]
The retired teacher had saved a large amount of money by living frugally for over forty years.
那位退休老師靠著四十多年來節儉生活，存下了一大筆錢。
Sofia frugally planned each week's meals to make sure nothing in the fridge went to waste.
Sofia 節儉地規劃每週的餐點，確保冰箱裡沒有任何食物被浪費。
Instead of eating out every night, the young couple lived frugally and cooked all their meals at home.
那對年輕夫婦不在外每晚用餐，而是節儉生活，所有的飯菜都在家自己煮。
- economically
focuses on using money or resources without waste, often at a larger scale such as household budgeting
- thriftily
similar in meaning but slightly less common in modern everyday speech
- sparingly
emphasises using very small quantities rather than managing overall spending
- extravagantly
spending much more than necessary or reasonable
- lavishly
spending freely and in large amounts, often on luxuries