mindmap root((一个直率理<br>智富裕节俭<br>的创作者)) maker is likely to imply a close and immediate relationship between the one who makes and the thing that is made and an ensuing responsibility for what is turned out: thought of herself as a ~ of tales. creator stresses a bringing into existence of what the mind conceives and is likely to suggest originality and delving into the unknown: a robot, ultimately destructive of his ~. author applies to one who originates something and who is the source of its being and as such wholly responsible for its existence: the ~ of several books. sparing stresses abstention and restraint: mother was ~ in the use of butter. frugal implies simplicity and temperance and suggests absence of luxury and display: carried on in the ~ tradition of the Yankees. thrifty stresses good management and industry as well as frugality: the store prospered under his ~ management. economical stresses prudent management, lack of wastefulness, and efficient use of resources: trucking remains an ~ means of transport. rich implies having more than enough to gratify normal needs or desires: one of the ~est nations in the world. wealthy stresses the abundant possession of property and intrinsically valuable things: retired from politics a ~ man. affluent suggests prosperity and increasing wealth: an ~ society. opulent suggests lavish expenditure and ostentatious display of great wealth: ~ mansions. rational usually implies the power to make logical inferences and to draw conclusions that enable one to understand things: a ~ being; in applications to things conceived or formulated, it stresses satisfactoriness in terms of reason: engaged in ~ discourse. reasonable emphasizes the possession or use of practical sense, justice, and fairness and the avoidance of needless error: willing to grant any ~ request. straightforward applies to what is consistently direct and free from deviations or evasiveness: a ~ answer. forthright applies to something that goes straight to the point without swerving or hesitation: a ~ approach. aboveboard describes an action or method that is free of all traces of deception or duplicity: a chief executive who managed to be honest and ~ in all her dealings.