economy: [16] The underlying notion contained in the word economy is of ‘household management’. It comes, via French or Latin, from Greek oikonomíā, a derivative of oikonómos, a term for the ‘steward of a household’. This was a compound noun formed from oikos ‘house’ (a word related to the -wich element in many English place-names) and némein ‘manage’ (ultimate source of English antinomian and nomad).
The original sense ‘household management’ was carried through into English. It broadened out in the 17th century to the management of a nation’s resources (a concept at first termed more fully political economy), while the use of the derivative economics for the theoretical study of the creation and consumption of wealth dates from the early 19th century. => antinomian, ecology, nomad
economy (n.)
1530s, "household management," from Latin oeconomia (source of French économie, Spanish economia, German Ökonomie, etc.), from Greek oikonomia "household management, thrift," from oikonomos "manager, steward," from oikos "house, abode, dwelling" (cognate with Latin vicus "district," vicinus "near;" Old English wic "dwelling, village;" see villa) + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatic). Meaning "frugality, judicious use of resources" is from 1660s. The sense of "wealth and resources of a country" (short for political economy) is from 1650s.
economy (adj.)
1821 as a term in advertising, at first meant simply "cheaper," then "bigger and thus cheaper per unit or amount" (1950). See economy (n.).
雙語例句
1. The economy remains deep in recession with few signs of a pick-up.
經濟仍深陷衰退之中，幾乎沒有好轉的跡象。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Their ultimate aim was a market economy for Hungary.
他們最終的目標是為匈牙利建立起市場經濟體製。
來自柯林斯例句
3. International investors have become jittery about the country's economy.
國際投資者已對該國的經濟狀況感到緊張不安。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.