比较级： thriftier
最高级： thriftiest

The chinese people are thrifty and hard working .

中国人是勤劳、节俭的民族。

The concern is sustainability : will future governments be so thrifty ?

而人们为持续性感到担忧：政府在以后还会如此节约吗？

China 's thrifty consumers haven 't been major contributors to its remarkable growth story .

中国的消费者大部分都是勤俭节约型的，他们并不是中国经济强劲增长背后的主要推动因素。

Now , it 's a special kind of thrifty person who can pull this off .

现在，只有他别节省的人才可以做成这件事。

And the basic state pension should be high enough to give those unlucky elderly with insufficient savings a decent income , without penalising those who have been thrifty .

而基本国家养老金应当足够高，可以给那些没有足够储蓄的年长者以合宜的收入，而不是惩罚那些节约的人。