frugal是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 俭朴的, 花钱少的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Their housekeeping was of a very frugal kind: not only because that was the safest way of life, involving the least offence to the people, but because they were not rich, and Charles, throughout his imprisonment, had had to pay heavily for his bad food, and for his guard, and towards the living of the poorer prisoners.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- While Hawkeye and the Indians lighted their fire and took their evening's repast, a frugal meal of dried bear's meat, the young man paid a visit to that curtain of the di-lapidated fort which looked out on the sheet of the Horican.
-- During the short and frugal repast that followed, the conversation was extremely circumspect, and related en-tirely to the events of the hunt, in which Magua had so lately been engaged.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I drew a picture ofour frugal home, made independent by my labour- sketching-inthe little house I had seen at Highgate, and my aunt in her roomupstairs.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She had had the precaution to furnish her basket with some slices of bread and meat, and here they made their frugal breakfast.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- All the savings of a frugal life had been dispersed at a blow; his hopes of being an independent farmer were laid low possibly for ever.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He shared our frugal breakfast, answered Yes, and No to my uncle's questions as to the nature of the road, and at last when asked where we were to pass the night was as laconic as usual.
-- We opened the provision bag, ate a frugal supper, and each did his best to find a bed amid the pile of stones, dirt, and lava which had accumulated for ages at the bottom of the shaft.
-- After a frugal breakfast, the Professor made up his mind to devote some hours to putting his notes and calculations in order.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- An evening with John over the account books usually produced a temporary lull in the culinary enthu-siasm, and a frugal fit would ensue, during which the poor man was put through a course of bread pudding, hash, and warmed-over coffee, which tried his soul, although he bore it with praiseworthy fortitude.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When not more profitably employed, the sperm whale hunters sometimes capture the Hyena whale, to keep up the supply of cheap oil for domestic employment as some frugal housekeepers, in the absence of company, and quite alone by themselves, burn unsavory tallow instead of odorous wax.
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