austerity
英 [?'ster?t?; ??-]
美[?'st?r?ti]
- n. 緊縮；樸素；苦行；嚴厲
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?austerities;
助記提示
Austerity：熬死鐵人體。如此艱苦的環(huán)境就是擁有鐵人的身體也熬不住啊----樸素，艱苦。
中文詞源
austerity 艱苦
來自PIE *saus, 燒，干旱，詞源同sear, 燒焦。
英文詞源
- austerity (n.)
- mid-14c., "sternness, harshness," from Old French austerite "harshness, cruelty" (14c.) and directly from Late Latin austeritatem (nominative austeritas), from austerus (see austere). Of severe self-discipline, from 1580s; hence "severe simplicity" (1875); applied during World War II to national policies limiting non-essentials as a wartime economy.
雙語例句
- 1. It was an era of austerity.
- 那是個艱苦的年代。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. War was followed by many years of austerity.
- 緊隨戰(zhàn)爭的是多年的經濟緊縮。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life.
- 他對現(xiàn)代生活的批評帶著一種特殊的苛刻.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. War was followed by many years of austerity.
- 戰(zhàn)爭結束后還要過多年的緊日子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The austerity measures will have little immediate adverse effect on the average Moroccan.
- 財政緊縮政策不會對普通的摩洛哥人產生直接的負面影響。
來自柯林斯例句