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thrifty，frugal，economical，austerity，frugality ；

[例句] 我们生活得相当节俭。 We lived fairly frugally.

[例句] 他们生活节俭,只吃燕麦粥和小扁豆. They lived frugally off a diet of porridge and lentils.

economical，thrifty，frugal，sparing，frugality ；

[例句] “墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。” Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.

[例句] 我们必须实行最严格意义上的俭省节约。 We must practise the strictest frugality and economy.

forehanded ；

[例句] 一向俭约的王大爷为贫困儿童捐献了一万元. Grandpa Wang, who leads a frugal life, donated ten thousand yuan to poor children.

charily ；

[例句] 她被责成更俭省地生活. She was enjoined to live more frugally.

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