austerity

美音：[ɔ'sterəti] 英音：[ɔː'sterəti]

简单释义：

n.苦行；朴素；（经济的）紧缩；严格节制消费

网络节俭；严峻；简朴

变形：

复数：austerities

完整释义：

1.紧缩,紧缩开支,厉行节约
2.(经济的)紧缩
3.严格;严肃
4.简朴,朴素
5.苦行
6.严肃;严峻
7.苦涩味
8.质朴;朴素化;朴素生活;
9.刻板
10.刻苦修行

例句：

'In many corners' of the world austerity was instituted 'in too harsh a way' without letting growth take hold, she said last week.
拉嘉德上周说，在全球很多地区，人们过于严苛地执行紧缩措施，却没有让经济稳步增长。
Judged by the claims of those who welcome the new fiscal austerity, as well as those who fear it, a gigantic fiscal blow is about to land.
无论是欢迎也好，恐惧也罢，普遍言论认为新财政紧缩带来的巨量财政打击即将着陆。
Discipline, as we said, is learning, and learning about austerity does not bring about violence to oneself or to another.
纪律，正如我们所说，是学习，对苦行的了解，并不会带来对自己或者对别人的暴力。
Public transport strikes in London and France this week told everyone what they already knew but many had yet to feel: austerity will hurt.
本周，伦敦和法国公交运输业举行罢工，这传递了人们已经知道的、但很多人尚未切身感受到的一个信息，那就是：勒紧裤腰带的滋味不好受。
Her suggestions that Britain's austerity may be have gone too far was met with a cold shoulder in London.
另外，她还曾暗示英国实行的紧缩政策可能做得太过，而伦敦方面则对此不予理睬。
It might be partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners.
这可能部分由于她着装上故作严肃简朴，部分因为她举止上有意不动声色。
Voters in countries currently implementing very tough austerity programmes have to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
我们还必须让目前正施行严厉紧缩计划国家的选民看到隧道尽头已露出几丝亮光。
For most people, dispensing with a personal dresser and an official companion for a foreign trip does not count as the height of austerity.
对大部分人来说，在一次出国的行程中减少个私人服装师或者官方陪同难以提升到简朴的高度。

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