austerity

英 [ɒˈsterəti]

美 [ɔːˈsterəti]

n.  (经济的)紧缩; 严格节制消费; 苦行; 禁欲; 艰苦; 朴素

复数：austerities　

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BNC.10292 / COCA.14652

牛津词典

noun

• （经济的）紧缩；严格节制消费
  a situation when people do not have much money to spend because there are bad economic conditions
  1. War was followed by many years of austerity.
     紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。
• 苦行；禁欲
  the quality of being austere
  1. the austerity of the monks' life
     僧侣的禁欲生活
• 艰苦；朴素
  something that is part of an austere way of life
  1. the austerities of wartime Europe
     战时欧洲的艰苦生活

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 节衣缩食；艰苦朴素
  Austerityis a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
  1. ...an economic austerity programme.
     经济紧缩方案
  2. ...the years of austerity which followed the war.
     战后的艰苦岁月
• N-UNCOUNT （物品的）简朴，无华
  If you refer to something as showingausterity, you like its plain and simple appearance.
  1. ...many abandoned buildings, some of which have a compact classical austerity and dignity.
     许多废弃建筑，其中一些布局紧凑、古朴典雅

英英释义

noun

• the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
  Synonym:asceticismnonindulgence

双语例句

• But other Greeks, including this man, see the need for austerity.
  但其他希腊人，包括这名男子在内，则看到了紧缩措施的必要性。
• And both state and local governments have taken draconian austerity measures in an attempt to make ends meet.
  州政府和地方政府都采取严厉的紧缩措施以求收支平衡。
• Greece avoided an imminent default by taking a brave vote for more fiscal austerity on Wednesday.
  希腊上周三勇敢地投票通过了更多财政紧缩措施，从而避免了迫在眉睫的违约。
• The strike is the latest in a series by public employees in protest at worsening economic conditions and government austerity measures.
  这是公务员发起的一系列罢工中的最新一次，以抗议日趋恶化的经济状况和政府的紧缩措施。
• In response, the eurozone has developed a strategy based on fiscal austerity and structural reform.
  针对当前危机，欧元区制定了一套基于财政紧缩和结构改革的战略。
• 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。
• Within hours, Spain and Portugal had announced significant further fiscal austerity measures.
  数小时内，西班牙和葡萄牙相继宣布了新的重大财政紧缩措施。
• Maximum austerity and minimum reform have been the outcome of the Greek crisis so far.
  迄今为止，希腊危机只带来了最大程度的紧缩和最小程度的改革。
• The elections in France and Greece tell us that austerity fatigue has set in.
  法国和希腊的选举告诉我们，“紧缩计划疲劳症”已开始显现。
• Flush from their mid-term victory, they have flung themselves headlong into the guillotine of fiscal austerity.
  他们对自己的中期胜利兴奋不已，轻率地就把自己送上了财政紧缩政策的断头台。