“frugally” 是副词,意思是“节俭地;俭省地;不铺张地”,强调在花钱或使用资源时尽量节约、避免浪费。(也可引申为生活方式朴素、用度谨慎。)
/ˈfruːɡəli/
She lives frugally and rarely eats out.
她生活节俭,很少在外面吃饭。
To pay off his student loans, he budgeted carefully and traveled frugally, choosing overnight buses instead of flights.
为了还清学生贷款,他精打细算、节俭出行,选择夜班大巴而不是飞机。
“frugally” 来自形容词 “frugal”(节俭的),其词根可追溯到拉丁语 frugalis,与 frux / frugis(“果实、收成、收益”)相关,原意带有“善于利用收成/资源、节制”的意味;加上副词后缀 -ly 形成 “frugally”。