| 词组 | economic, economical |
| 释义 | economic, economical Economic, which usually refers to economics or an economy, has a wider range of application than economical, which usually refers to the quality of economy and means "thrifty" or "not wasteful." The discussion of these words in usage books generally consists of a description of the separate meanings of economic and economical and an injunction not to confuse the two. However, many -ic and -ical adjectives (such as geologic and geological or symmetrical and symmetric) are variant forms of the same word and are partially or wholly synonymous with each other, so it is not surprising to find that occasionally there is some crossover of meaning between economic and economical. • ... he introduces them in his slow, careful, reticent, economic way —John Cowper Powys, The Meaning of Culture, 1939 • ... he plays remarkably pure, fundamental, indeed economic basketball —David Halberstam, Inside Sports, 30 Apr. 1980 • ... the political, economical and cultural history of Europe —Geoffrey Bruun, N.Y. Herald Tribune Book Rev., 21 June 1953 • Each country was considered carefully for its economical and weather status —Joan Casanova, Mul-tihulls, November-December 1980 |
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