| 词汇 | austerity |
| 释义 | austerity noun uk /ɔːˈster.ə.ti/ us /ˈɑː.ster.ə.t̬i/ [ C or U ] the condition of living without unnecessary things and without comfort, with limited money or goods, or a practice, habit, or experience that is typical of this: 简朴（的生活）；艰苦（的生活） The wartime austerity of my early years prepared me for later hardships.早年战火纷飞年代里的艰苦经历使我能够忍受日后的艰难困苦。 The austerities of life in a small rural community were not what I was used to.穷乡僻壤的清苦生活可不是我所习惯的。 [ U ] a difficult economic situation caused by a government reducing the amount of money it spends: （国家开支上的）紧缩，缩减 People protested in the streets against austerity.人们上街抗议紧缩措施。 The government today announced new austerity measures.政府今天宣布了新的紧缩措施。 [ U ] the quality of being austere in appearance or manner: （外表、衣着的）朴素，朴实 the austerity of her short hair and plain grey suit她朴素的短发和简单的灰色衣裳 Plain and ordinary as it comesidiom austere austerely average Joe be a dime a dozenidiom homey humble humdrum middle-of-the-road mundane sparely spartan stale starkly starkness unostentatious unostentatiously unpainted unremarkable unremarkably austerity | American Dictionaryausterity noun[ U ] us/ɔˈster·ɪ·t̬i, -ˈstɪər-/ Austerity is also a bad economic condition that does not allow luxuries: Military spending continues even in periods of austerity. austerity | Business Englishausterity noun[ U ] uk /ɒsˈterəti/us ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT a situation in which a government spends as little money as possible because of bad economic conditions: The idea was to stabilise the economy through strict austerity. The government introduced a number of austerity measures to help cut the deficit. Examples of austerityausterity One notices a tendency to expect from these parents austerities and a willingness to make sacrifices of a very severe character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must surely be some limit to the enjoyment of such austerities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such austerities are undertaken according to the physical and mental limits of the individual ascetic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Only the practice of austerities and self-control can modify or alleviate the consequences of karma. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Whatever time could be spared from his active duties was given up to contemplation, to fastings, watchings, disciplines, and other austerities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He immersed himself in spiritual pursuits like meditation and austerities and his health broke down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He had recently retired from teaching and wanted to put behind him the more rigid austerities of university life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Finally, that happened after thirty years of austerities and intense searching. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jainism has often been described as an ascetic movement for its strong emphasis on self-control, austerities and renunciation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Issues of economic austerity and handling international pressure were both centralizing. The period began with wages depressed by the world crisis of 1930s and the austerity of the war. She was very pious, and always practiced austerities and devotion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Since then healthcare expenditure has declined slightly as a result of austerity measures. They had fiercely opposed the austerity policy and tried to depict it as unfair and a clamp-down against the weakest in society. On account of happiness and pleasures, the religion, renunciation and austerities was not possible. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of austerity These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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