It's not a sin to be thrifty, dear.

勤节约不是罪 亲爱的。

'Thrift' is not a simple idea to define.

" 勤" 并不能简单地定义。

Later on the meaning of 'thrift' changed again.

后来，" 勤" 的含义又发生了变化。

They represent the millions who have worked hard and scrimped, and sacrificed and retooled.

他们代表着无数辛勤工作、勤持家、不怕牺牲、自提高的人。

NPC Spokesperson Lou Qinjian highlighted the role of legislative bodies in achieving development targets.

全国人大发言人娄勤强调了立法机构在实现发展目标中的作用。

Saving money is not always easy - as we'll find out in today's programme, which is all about 'thrift'.

存钱并不总是那么容易，们在今天的节目中就会发现这一点。这一切都和" 勤" 有关。

So I scrimped, and I saved, until I finally had enough put away to buy a medallion.

所以细算 勤节约，终钱可以买执照了。

For example, the Victorian definition of thrift was based on a social agenda about being a respectable member of society.

例如，维多利亚时代对勤的定义是基成为受人尊敬的社会成员这个社会动机。

My father often said that it was only because my grandmother was so economical that the wolf was kept from the door.

父亲常说，多亏了祖母勤持家，他们才得以勉强维持生计。

"Find an active, useful sort of person," she told me, "a woman who can make a small income go a long way."

“找一个活泼有用的女人，”她告诉，“一个能勤持家、细水长流的女人。”

There's no point denying that, certainly in the developed world, there's been a rise in consumer capitalism, that's just a truism, but thrift hasn't declined.

毫无疑问，在发达国家，消费资本主义正在兴起，这是不言而喻的，但是勤并没有衰退。

I thought vanity a sort of graceful flower for a young man to wear; as for extravagance -- the virtues of prudence and thrift were not in my own nature.

认为虚荣是年轻人佩戴的娇艳花朵，至奢侈--勤节约并不是的个性。

Nearly all the settlers were of native American stock into whose frugal and industrious lives the later Irish and German immigrants fitted, on the whole, with little friction.

几乎所有的定居者都是美国本土血统，总体上说，后来的爱尔兰和德国移民适应了他们勤节约的生活。

OK. Well, today we've been talking about the changing meanings of 'thrift', an idea connected to frugality - being careful not to spend too much money.

好的。今天们一直在讨论" 勤" 含义的变化，它和" 节" 有关——是指注意不花太多钱。

It seems the oldest definition of 'thrift' has nothing to do with saving money and is connected to the verbs 'thrive' and 'flourish' - meaning to grow or develop successfully.

对" 勤" 的最古老定义似乎与存钱无关，它与动词" 繁荣" 和" 兴旺" 有关，意思是成功地成长或发展。

Alison mentions that once these basic needs were satisfied, people moved away from thrift into consumerism, the desire to buy 'luxury' products which were not absolutely necessary.

艾莉森提到，一旦这些基本需求得到满足，人们就从勤转向消费主义，即购买并非绝对必要的" 奢侈品" 的欲望。

The older of the two comes from the word 'thrive' etymologically, and described thrift as the ability to live well and to flourish, so it's that sense of human flourishing.

其中较老的定义从词源学上讲源自" 繁荣" 这个词，并形容" 勤" 为生活得好以及繁荣昌盛的能力，所以它就是人类繁荣昌盛的意思。

Ideas about frugality and thrift changed again during the Second World War when the public was encouraged to avoid waste so that every material resource could go into the war effort.

勤和节的概念在第二次世界大战期间再次发生改变，当时公众被鼓励要避免浪费，这样每一种物质资源都可以投入到战争中。

In the current beautiful life, our generation has experienced that difficult era, and in the long-term difficult environment, we have developed the habit of living in a hard, simple, diligent and thrifty way.

在当下的美好生活中， 们这一代人经历了那个艰难的时代，在长期艰苦的环境中养成了艰苦朴素、勤节约的生活习惯。

The merchants of London, indeed, have not yet generally become such magnificent lords as those of Cadiz and Lisbon; but neither are they in general such attetitive and parsimonious burghers as those of Amsterdam.

的确，伦敦的商人还没有普遍成为像加的斯和里斯本的商人那样显赫的领主；但总体而言，他们也不像阿姆斯特丹的市民那样勤节约。