| 单词 | economic |
| 释义 | economic economic /; ; AmE / adjective
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
1 [only before noun] connected with the trade, industry and development of wealth of a country, an area or a society: social, economic and political issues Exports account for two-thirds of our economic activity. He blamed the drop in sales on the global economic downturn. The economic outlook remains positive. In the current economic climate, consumers are unwilling to spend. the government's economic policy
economic activity/development/growth/reform/weakness an economic boom/recovery/upturn an economic crisis/downturn/slowdown the economic climate/conditions/environment/outlook/situation economic data/figures/reports/research
2 (about a process, a business or an activity) producing enough profit to continue: The company will have to get rid of staff if it is to remain economic. SYN PROFITABLE OPP UNECONOMIC
3 that costs less money or uses less time, materials or effort: In this case, trains would be more economic for transporting the goods. an economic use of resources SYN ECONOMICAL OPP UNECONOMIC
WHICH WORD?
economic/economical
These two adjectives are often confused.
Economical relates to the cost of things. Something is economical if it provides good value for the amount of money you spend on it: It was more economical to hire the vehicles than to buy them.
In its most common sense, economic only appears before nouns and its meaning is connected with the word economy and the subject of economics. It is used mainly when describing the financial situation of a country: the region's gradual economic recovery • economic reforms
Less commonly, economic is used to mean ‘making enough profit' or as a synonym of economical. In these senses the word can appear before or after the noun.
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