austere
austere 英 [ɒˈstɪə(r)] 美 [ɔˈstɪr]
adj. 严峻的；简朴的；苦行的；无装饰的
- The adjective austere is used to describe something or someone stern or without any decoration. You wouldn't want someone to describe you or your home as austere.
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- adj. 严峻的；简朴的；苦行的；无装饰的
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1. After an austere year the government may yet be tempted to blow its early oil revenues on restoring popularity.
在经历了严峻的一年，政府面对着利用鼓吹他前石油收入来保留声望的诱惑。
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2. Yet perhaps no industry has been as slow to meet the international and technological challenges of this new austere era.
但是，在这个严峻的新时代，也许没有哪一个行业像法律界那样迟缓地受到国际性的技术挑战。
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3. THE Bank of England’s austere home in Threadneedle Street may not look like a hospital but for the past few months it has been acting like one.
针线街（英国伦敦金融街）上英格兰银行简朴的总部看上去不像医院，但是过去的几个月里它却一直在扮演一家医院的角色。
- austere (adj.) early 14c., from Old French austere "strict, severe, harsh, cruel" (13c., Modern French austère) and directly from Latin austerus "dry, harsh, sour, tart," from Greek austeros "bitter, harsh," especially "making the tongue dry" (originally used of fruits, wines), metaphorically "austere, harsh," from PIE root *saus- "dry" (see sere (adj.)).
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