austerity
英 [ɒ'sterɪtɪ; ɔː-]
美 [ɔ'stɛrəti]
助记提示
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
