英语语法分析

My mother taught me to be thrifty.

我母亲教会我生活要节俭。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

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。

What is so impressive about it, however, is not its lengthiness but rather the reverse — the thrifty compactness of its construction.

然而，令人印象深刻的不是它的冗长，恰恰相反——是它简洁紧凑的结构。