A thrift or a thrift institution is a kind of savings bank.储蓄或储蓄机构是一种储蓄银行。A thrift institution is a kind of savings bank.储蓄机构是一种储蓄银行。The view was that mortgage securities had been depressed by heavy sales by thrifts and were now attractive.这个观点认为,抵押证券曾因储蓄机构的高额销量而价格下跌,而今变得有吸引力了。