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Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she was taught by her parents to be hard-working and thrifty.

虽然出生在富贵之家，她的父母却教导她要勤俭节约。

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This theory of a thrifty fat-storing system that kicks in under high levels of early stress was originally proposed by British physician David Barker.

英国内科医师戴维·贝克最早提出节约消耗体系理论，认为人体在高度压力初期形成脂肪存储。

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EU, a thrifty fellow who recently swapped the cavernous nine-bedroomed official residence for a flat near his office.

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As the economy sinks and budgets are squeezed, outsourcing looks more and more like a thrifty necessity.

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Those who survived, suggested Neel, did so because they had some innate advantage a thrifty gene that meant they were particularly good at storing energy.

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