英语单词

austerity是什么意思

austerity

英 [ɒ'sterɪtɪ; ɔː-] 美 [ɔ'stɛrəti]
  • n. 紧缩;朴素;苦行;严厉

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Austerity:熬死铁人体。如此艰苦的环境就是拥有铁人的身体也熬不住啊----朴素,艰苦。

中文词源


austerity 艰苦

来自PIE *saus, 烧,干旱,词源同sear, 烧焦。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. It was an era of austerity.
那是个艰苦的年代。

来自柯林斯例句

2. War was followed by many years of austerity.
紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。

来自《权威词典》

3. A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life.
他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. War was followed by many years of austerity.
战争结束后还要过多年的紧日子.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The austerity measures will have little immediate adverse effect on the average Moroccan.
财政紧缩政策不会对普通的摩洛哥人产生直接的负面影响。

来自柯林斯例句

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