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thrift:the habit of saving money and spending it carefully so that none is wasted 節(jié)約;節(jié)儉
She learned from her father the virtues of hard work and thrift.
她從她父親身上學(xué)到苦干和節(jié)儉的美德.
contradictory:containing or showing a contradiction 相互矛盾的;對立的;不一致的
We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements.
我們面前這兩種說法顯然是矛盾的.
The advice I received was often contradictory.
我所得到的建議常常是相互矛盾的.
in the main:used to say that a statement is true in most cases 大體上;基本上
The service here is, in the main, reliable.
這里的服務(wù)基本上是可靠的.
