| 词汇 | example_english_thrift |
| 释义 | Examples of thriftThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Family sources and local thrift and loan societies are the major sources for finance. Many reports point out that the food varied between farms depending on wealth, thrift and the housewife's competence. The key to saving is growth, not thrift. However, community women organisations include a myriad of age grades, thrift, welfare and mutual support groups. He has little to say on capitalist values, industry, thrift, discipline and enterprise. They clung to the idea that out-relief would undermine the independence, thrift and desire to work among working people. Employees may contribute to a thrift-savings plan on an after-tax basis, but taxes on account earnings are deferred until the funds are withdrawn. Coupled with cutbacks in housing benefit, this has created both a thrift trap and hardship for many older tenants. Assistance to the latter would vary widely, with primary emphasis placed on minimizing dependence, encouraging thrift and, consequently, building character. In this play, money is far more important than true love, thrift than generosity. Most women belong to such associations, which relate generally to thrift, mutual support and welfare. Savings banks and cooperatives spread new ideals about independence and thrift. The missing elements would include a finance and subsidy system which provides help where it is needed without disincentives such as the thrift trap. Probably the brain's preservation of topological relationships is no mere byproduct of thrift-in-wiring, but also an enabling condition for image-exploiting processes of information-extraction. The company serves more than 16,000 clients worldwide, including banks, thrifts, credit unions, investment management firms, leasing and finance companies, retailers, merchants and government agencies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While banks offered a wide array of products to individuals and businesses, thrifts often made only home mortgages primarily to working-class men and women. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The "smaller" values such as thrift, she argued, were deeply democratic, guaranteed independence, and were open to all levels of society. Many insolvent thrifts were allowed to remain open, and their financial problems only worsened over time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Second are a variety of thrift, mutual support, cooperative, kinship, religious and cultural associations of women at the level of the communities and clans. Each regulatory agency has their own set of rules and regulations to which banks and thrifts must adhere. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The infusion of capital from investors provides mortgage lenders such as banks, thrifts, mortgage bankers and other loan originators with a market for their loans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Whereas the traditional distinction between deserving and undeserving relies on notions of industry and thrift, the current measures of social worth are open-ended and elusive. From that vantage point, producers were seen as exhibiting the highly prized traits of hard work and thrift, while consumers gave themselves over to self-indulgence. However, 1 infected animal (no. 11) showed chronic ill-thrift and a lower growth rate than the other animals. Their associational life can be categorised into, first, the local groups of traditional organisations and the local socio-economic, thrift, welfare and support groups. Thrifts were not-for-profit cooperative organizations that were typically managed by the membership and local institutions that served well-defined groups of aspiring homeowners. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Immediately after deregulation of the federally chartered thrifts, state-chartered thrifts rushed to become federally chartered, because of the advantages associated with a federal charter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The main explanation given for this view was that children would not learn good habits of thrift, hard work and independence if they knew they would inherit lots of money. On the other hand, the government was unwilling to adapt its long-standing principles of economic thrift and "sound unionism" to the needs that its policy created. Previously, banks and thrifts could only have five percent of their deposits be brokered deposits; the race to the bottom caused this limit to be lifted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Reformers encouraged thrift-like attitudes, particularly in family homes struggling to subsist on low-waged, sporadic employment, and sought to reorientate the family budget towards hygiene and diet rather than consumerism. Employers may also establish a thrift-savings plan. However, social reform had to wait on the reduction of unemployment and would, in any case, be based on 'thrift and independence' rather than state provision. The parametric thrift of fractional potentials permits smooth variations of the potential in function of the distance to obstacles without requiring design of geometric charge distribution. The new settlers acquired a reputation for hard bargaining, thrift and even meanness that persists to this day: they are said to have short arms and deep pockets. However, one of the benefits of the industrial energy thrift scheme is the stimulation of firms to undertake such audits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this money being spent in harmony with the great effort which is being made for thrift and economy throughout the country? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, it would undoubtedly encourage not only the banking habit, but the thrift which results from the banking habit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, we are anxious to increase thrift, but to see that its funds are properly safeguarded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not feel that it is necessary at that tender age primarily to teach the children the benefits of thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pension credit will increase guaranteed income, end the weekly means test and reward thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Critically, in relation to the pension credit, we are making sure that 5 million pensioners will get more money to reward their thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no objection to ending the current iniquitous paradox of the minimum income guarantee system that penalises thrift and saving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Arbitrary cancellation now would deprive them of a benefit tantamount to depriving owner-occupiers of the proceeds of their thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the autumn of their days they were looking forward to a happy retirement and to enjoying the fruits of their hard work and thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people in the country still retain the old habit of thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our objective is to end pensioner poverty and reward thrift, and our policies will continue to do that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time, we can calculate how much credit they are due, to reward them for their thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of the man's perseverance and thrift and playing his part and making himself a better citizen, he is penalised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cuts will inflict hardship and distress on them because of their thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I took the view that to penalise thrift, which is what the earlier low limit suggested, was the wrong way to go about things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me take building societies, because the attack has been in various ways upon workers' thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that anybody could want any better evidence of their power and utility as thrift encouraging societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All too often today thrift and saving mean not rewards but tax penalties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What discourages thrift in the first place is having a benefit system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, they believe that some of these measures are a disincentive to thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not this an undue penalty upon thrift, and will he do something about it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that a disqualification on the ground of savings in actual practice operates as a discouragement to thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no greater discouragement to thrift than the prospect of being subject to a means test in old age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we need is a system which promotes thrift and not extravagance, which stimulates self-reliance and contentment and not jealous unrest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been no administrative thrift, and there has been insufficient good housekeeping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They find that the highly complex grant mechanisms are penalising thrift and good housekeeping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there any element that rewards thrift and penalises debt? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thrift is penalised in other directions in our social services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there any other way of enabling them to accumulate little fortunes or a small capital than by teaching them the virtue of thrift? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must do this in such a way as to encourage and not discourage thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The climate is very similar, and the industry or thrift of the people and even the dialect are very similar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Further it does not necessarily follow that by taxing the people of this country you promote thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the first place, does the increase in the tax reward or penalise skill and thrift? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At this point let me disabuse anybody's mind of the idea that personal thrift has diminished as a result of the growth of social security. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are nearly all investors who are practising thrift and providing vital risk capital for industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thrift will not be discouraged in any way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their intention was that it should supplement private thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The latter is a tax upon industrial thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other people have been much more moderate in their definition of the reward of thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a very real difference between the abolition of the means limit and the removal of the present thrift disqualification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not come at all into the question of dealing with the abolition of thrift disqualification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all agreed that the penalisation of thrift has been little short of a scandal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The local authorities are well aware of the need for thrift; the present rate support grant arrangements in no way prevent them from practising this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must make the point that the way in which thrift is most cruelly penalised is through high levels of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not the figure of £2,500 absurdly low and a disincentive to thrift? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They want to encourage thrift so that the money can be used for investment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thrift is the sheet anchor of our survival. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thrift is the only thing that has formed civilisation, and it is the only thing that can keep it going. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thrift is treated as a crime, to be expiated by large and repeated fines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was surprised to hear him say that, because my own attitude of mind is strongly in favour of industry and thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the objects of promoting thrift is to make the individual more self-reliant and give him a higher sense of personal responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must start with the assumption that all forms of contributing to production—work, professional skill, enterprise, management and thrift—have a claim for proper consideration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I predict that he will destroy more wealth than he will redistribute because he will damage the drive and thrift that the nation needs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You do not encourage thrift by penalising and destroying the saver. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe the thrift societies have done very well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is only one way in which we can improve the financial position of the country, and that is by thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that thrift is one of the greatest possible virtues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know all about the question of thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One argument used against pensions is that they would have a tendency to discourage thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I doubt whether there are many people, but there must be some, who, by means of thrift rather than of inheritance or gift, accumulate about £30,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no use preaching thrift on nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all agree that providence and thrift are virtues: indeed they may well be said to combine material with social objectives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any capital rule can be said to discourage thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the person with a modest amount of money can exercise self-indulgence rather than thrift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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