R: How are you doing tonight?
I: I have been coding for a while.
R: That's typical.
R: Do you realize that you and your colleagues are in the cutting-edge of the technology explosion.
I: Yes.
R: Do you realize your generation is part of the technology explosion. I was born after WW2. When I was a child, we said poor China, no technology. Now, the last twenty years, BOOM. Do you feel it? Do you understand it?
I: The ~economic~ economy of China is growing rapidly.
economy / economic / economics / economical
First I used economic, but the teacher corrected me. I should use the word economy. But what's the difference between these words?
economy: 经济
economic: 经济的，形容词
economics: 经济学
economical: “not requiring too much of something” (such as money, space, time, etc.), e.g. 节省的，话费不多的
R: How are you doing tonight? I: I have been coding for a while. R: That's typical. R: Do you realize that you and your colleagues are in the cutting-edge of the technology explosion. I: Yes. R: Do you realize your generation is part of the technology explosion. I was born after WW2. When I was a child, we said poor China, no technology. Now, the last twenty years, BOOM. Do you feel it? Do you understand it? I: The ~economic~ economy of China is growing rapidly.
economy / economic / economics / economical
First I used economic, but the teacher corrected me. I should use the word economy. But what's the difference between these words? economy: 经济 economic: 经济的，形容词 economics: 经济学 economical:
“not requiring too much of something” (such as money, space, time, etc.), e.g.节省的，话费不多的