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单词 austerity
释义
austerity
noun
uk
/ɔːˈster.ə.ti/us
/ˈɑː.ster.ə.t̬i/
[CorU]
theconditionoflivingwithoutunnecessarythings and withoutcomfort, withlimitedmoneyorgoods, or apractice,habit, orexperiencethat istypicalof this:
简朴（的生活）；艰苦（的生活）
Thewartimeausterity of my earlyyearspreparedme forlaterhardships.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 oflifein asmallruralcommunitywere not what I was used to.穷乡僻壤的清苦生活可不是我所习惯的。
[U]
adifficulteconomicsituationcausedby agovernmentreducingtheamountofmoneyitspends:
（国家开支上的）紧缩，缩减
Peopleprotestedin thestreetsagainst austerity.人们上街抗议紧缩措施。
Thegovernmenttodayannouncednew austeritymeasures.政府今天宣布了新的紧缩措施。
[U]
thequalityof beingaustereinappearanceormanner:
（外表、衣着的）朴素，朴实
the austerity of hershorthairandplaingreysuit她朴素的短发和简单的灰色衣裳
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(Definition ofausterityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

austerity| American Dictionary

austerity
noun[U]
us
/ɔˈster·ɪ·t̬i,-ˈstɪər-/
Austerity is also abadeconomicconditionthat does notallowluxuries:
Militaryspendingcontinueseveninperiodsof austerity.
(Definition ofausterityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

austerity| Business English

austerity
noun[U]
uk
/ɒsˈterəti/us
ECONOMICS,GOVERNMENT
asituationin which agovernmentspendsas littlemoneyaspossiblebecause ofbadeconomicconditions:
Theideawas tostabilisetheeconomythroughstrictausterity.
Thegovernmentintroducedanumberofausteritymeasurestohelpcutthedeficit.
(Definition ofausterityfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofausterity

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One notices a tendency to expect from these parents austerities and a willingness to make sacrifices of a very severe character.
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There must surely be some limit to the enjoyment of such austerities.
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Such austerities are undertaken according to the physical and mental limits of the individual ascetic.
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Only the practice of austerities and self-control can modify or alleviate the consequences of karma.
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Whatever time could be spared from his active duties was given up to contemplation, to fastings, watchings, disciplines, and other austerities.
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He immersed himself in spiritual pursuits like meditation and austerities and his health broke down.
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He had recently retired from teaching and wanted to put behind him the more rigid austerities of university life.
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Finally, that happened after thirty years of austerities and intense searching.
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Jainism has often been described as an ascetic movement for its strong emphasis on self-control, austerities and renunciation.
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Issues of economicausterityand handling international pressure were both centralizing.
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The period began with wages depressed by the world crisis of 1930s and theausterityof the war.
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She was very pious, and always practiced austerities and devotion.
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Since then healthcare expenditure has declined slightly as a result ofausteritymeasures.
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They had fiercely opposed theausteritypolicy and tried to depict it as unfair and a clamp-down against the weakest in society.
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On account of happiness and pleasures, the religion, renunciation and austerities was not possible.
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