Perhaps not yet : the downturn has made frugality fashionable .
至少现在还不可能:经济衰退使得节俭变成一种时尚。
Simplicity and frugality are lifestyle choices .
简单和节约只是生活方式的一种选择。
In the scene , readers are introduced to an examiner with the last name of hovatter , who is practicing a form of " ascetic frugality " in his personal life , so that he can afford to take off a full year of work .