李学峰 南开:用英语怎么解释经济这个词

1.the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a particular country or region

2.a country, when you are thinking about its economic system

3.the use of the time, money, etc. that is available in a way that avoids waste

economy

the system of production and distribution and consumption

Careful, thrifty management of resources, such as money, materials, or labor:
节约：对资源如金钱、物质或劳动力的精打细算经营：

learned to practice economy in making out the household budget.
在制定家庭预算时学会精打细算

An example or result of such management; a saving.
积蓄：此种经营的例子或结果；积蓄

The system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community:
经济体：国家、地区或群体的经济活动体系和范围：

Effects of inflation were felt at every level of the economy.
通货膨胀影响到每一经济阶层

A specific type of economic system:
经济制度：特定经济体系类型：

an industrial economy; a planned economy.
工业经济体制；计划经济体制

An orderly, functional arrangement of parts; an organized system:
组织，结构：各部分有序的、功能明了的排列；有组织的体系：

“the sense that there is a moral economy in the world, that good is rewarded and evil is punished”(George F. Will)
“这种观点认为世上有一套道德体系，善有善报恶有恶报”(乔治F.威尔)

Efficient, sparing, or conservative use:
简洁，有效率：高效的、节俭的或有保留地使用的：

wrote with an economy of language; a well-organized group that worked with an economy of effort.
以简洁的文字写出；一个很有组织的团体做起事来很省力

Economy class.
经济舱

Theology The method of God's government of and activity within the world.
【神学】 摄理，配置：神统治世界的方法和活动
adj.（形容词）

Economical or inexpensive to buy or use:
廉价的，便宜的：经济的或买或使用起来花销不大的：

an economy car; an economy motel.
一部便宜的车；一家便宜的汽车旅馆

the study of how society manages its scarce resources

--N. Mankiw "principles of economics"