1. My mother taught me to be thrifty. 我母亲教会我生活要节俭。
2. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she was taught by her parents to be hard-working and thrifty. 虽然出生在富贵之家，她的父母却教导她要勤俭节约。
3. What is so impressive about it, however, is not its lengthiness but rather the reverse — the thrifty compactness of its construction. 然而，令人印象深刻的不是它的冗长，恰恰相反——是它简洁紧凑的结构。
4. Are they rich because they're so thrifty? 他们富有，是因为他们非常节俭？
5. They are very careful, slow, practical and thrifty. 他们非常小心，沉稳，务实和节俭。
