1. A 经济的，经济学的　 connected with trade, industry, and the management of money; of economics
2. 合算的，有经济效益的　profitable

　～ advantage〔agreement, base〕　经济优势〔协定，基础〕
　～ crisis〔development, policy〕　经济危机〔发展，政策〕
　～ state〔system〕　经济状况〔体制〕

　We gave up the house because of economic considerations.　出于经济上的考虑，我们放弃了这栋房屋。
　Cotton is the economic plants of this region.　棉花是这个地区的经济作物。
　The country was in a bad economic state.　那个国家的经济状况恶化了。

　The airline says this route is no longer economic, so they're going to discontinue it.　航空公司说这条航线不再赚钱，因此他们准备关闭。
　There was uranium in sufficient quantity to make mining economic.　铀的矿藏量丰富，值得进行开采。

 ♣ economic, economical, economy, financial
　这四个词都可以表示“经济的”。economic除指“经济的”（即与国计民生有关的）外，还表示“经济上有收益的，有利可图的”; economical指“节约的，精打细算的”; financial指“财政的，财务的，财力的”; economy作形容词用在名词前面，构成名词短语，其含意相当于economical.

　［同义词］ business, cheap, economical
　［反义词］ expensive, uneconomic
　［词源］希腊语oikonomia（经济）