英语词汇“false economy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

false economy n. (an) apparent saving that leads to greater expense in the long run.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > [noun] > that results in greater expense later

false economy1781

1781 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. xiv. 234 Greatly to curtail salaries is a false economy.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiii. 238 ‘For economy's sake, [he] bought us bad needles and thread, with which we could hardly sew.’ ‘That was very false economy,’ remarked Mrs. Fairfax.

1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 880 The fact that a larger amount of money is required within the two years period has prevented contracts being secured. This is an example of false economy, which..is very prevalent to-day.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. i. 4 The buttons..had originally been made, with all of false economy's ingenious drear deception, of coated cardboard.

1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 27 May 24/1 Communities have to review tax cuts to keep economy from turning into false economy—the inadequate schooling that undermines business, jobs, and citizenship.

单词	false economy
释义	> as lemmas false economy false economy n. (an) apparent saving that leads to greater expense in the long run. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > [noun] > that results in greater expense later false economy1781 1781 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. xiv. 234 Greatly to curtail salaries is a false economy. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiii. 238 ‘For economy's sake, [he] bought us bad needles and thread, with which we could hardly sew.’ ‘That was very false economy,’ remarked Mrs. Fairfax. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 880 The fact that a larger amount of money is required within the two years period has prevented contracts being secured. This is an example of false economy, which..is very prevalent to-day. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. i. 4 The buttons..had originally been made, with all of false economy's ingenious drear deception, of coated cardboard. 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 27 May 24/1 Communities have to review tax cuts to keep economy from turning into false economy—the inadequate schooling that undermines business, jobs, and citizenship. extracted from falseadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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