(adj.) characterized by thriftiness; 'wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution'- Ellen Glasgow .
达斯汀录入
双语例句
But there was nothing to be done, saving to communicate to Wemmick what I had that night found out, and to remind him that we waited for his hint. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
As Mr. Muzzle uttered these words, he took a step or two towards the door; and, by way of saving time, began to pull off his coat as he walked along. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
I added this saving clause, in the moment of rejecting four richly caparisoned coursers which I had had wild thoughts of harnessing. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
All his journeys were ruggedly performed; for he was always steadfast in a purpose of saving money for Emily's sake, when she should be found. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
They are all labor-saving machines themselves, every one of 'em. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
On this principle nurserymen always prefer saving seed from a large body of plants, as the chance of intercrossing is thus lessened. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
The result has been the saving of vast amounts of maritime property, estimated at many millions of dollars yearly. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The empress's apartment on fire by an accident; the author instrumental in saving the rest of the palace. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
If it is equipped with a three-heat switch, it can be adjusted to 600 watts at full, 300 at medium and 150 at low, which means a great saving in current for most small cooking operations. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
A saving of 75 per cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
His home, in such another street as the first, saving that it was narrower, was over a little shop. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
In a little while another veteran was discharged abruptly from the same door, clawing at the air for a saving support. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
I am saving up three suits--one for a wedding-suit. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Mrs. Norris seemed as much delighted with the saving it would be to Sir Thomas as with any part of it. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
You've got one friend as I knows of; one as is good for a Savings-Bank book, or I'm a blue monkey! 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
We wanted a hundred and ten pounds: your mother has ninety-two, and I have none to spare in the bank; and she thinks that you have some savings. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Nice cutting is her function: she divides With spiritual edge the millet-seed, And makes intangible savings. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
When I came to New York I put $30 into a savings-bank under the New York Sun office. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
When it is all over, she said, you will be glad of my savings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
With my love and respects--and I can't find it in my conscience to take a poor girl's savings, when she may want them herself. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Even this small reduction of debt, however, has not been all made from the savings out of the ordinary revenue of the state. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Soon his savings were gone, and he had to look about for a new means of living. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
If he was an economist, he generally found it more profitable to employ his annual savings in new purchases than in the improvement of his old estate. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The young lapidary was poor, and he had spent part of his savings in working out his scheme of block-printing. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
I spend my savings so, once every year. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
Still, I'm not easy in my mind about taking the poor thing's little savings. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Miret will not be extortionate: the first year's rent you have already in your savings; afterwards Miss Lucy must trust God, and herself. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
He would want to help me out of his little savings, I knew, and I knew that he ought not to help me, and that I must not suffer him to do it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
But at this moment he suddenly saw himself as a pitiful rascal who was robbing two women of their savings. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.