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1. （国家或地区的）经济，经济体制
An economy is the system according to which the money, industry, and trade of a country or region are organized.

2. 经济情况;经济状况
A country's economy is the wealth that it gets from business and industry.

3. 节约;节俭
Economy is the use of the minimum amount of money, time, or other resources needed to achieve something, so that nothing is wasted.

4. 精打细算
If you make economies, you try to save money by not spending money on unnecessary things.

5. 经济的;便宜的
Economy services such as travel are cheap and have no luxuries or extras.

6. （比标准包装大的）经济装的
Economy is used to describe large packs of goods which are cheaper than normal sized packs.

7. 假节约;看似省钱的做法
If you describe an attempt to save money as a false economy, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later.

1. an act of economizing
reduction in cost

e.g. it was a small economy to walk to work every day
there was a saving of 50 cents

Synonym: saving

2. frugality in the expenditure of money or resources

e.g. the Scots are famous for their economy

Synonym: thriftiness

3. the efficient use of resources

e.g. economy of effort

4. the system of production and distribution and consumption

Synonym: economic system