austerity
austerity 英 [ɒˈsterəti] 美 [ɔˈstɛrɪti]
n. 紧缩；朴素；苦行；严厉
名词复数:austerities
- If you've ever had a teacher who was particularly stern and strict, you might have (quietly) remarked on his austerity. When you're talking about the character of a person, austerity means "sternness and severity."
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- n. 紧缩；朴素；苦行；严厉
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1. We have entered the Age of austerity.
我们已经进入厉行紧缩的时代。
- austerity (n.) mid-14c., "sternness, harshness," from Old French austerite "harshness, cruelty" (14c.) and directly from Late Latin austeritatem (nominative austeritas), from austerus "severe, rigid," a figurative use, in classical Latin "harsh, sour" (see austere). From 1580s as "severe self-discipline, ascetic practices;" hence "severe simplicity, absence of adornment or luxuries," applied during World War II to national policies limiting non-essentials as a wartime economy.
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