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

• At the same time, companies are also loosening travel budgets after the relative austerity that accompanied the recession.
  与此同时，在经济衰退时期的相对紧缩之后，公司也放松了对旅行成本的控制。
• 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。
• They will also look at the latest austerity measures announced by Spain and Portugal.
  此外，他们还将研究西班牙和葡萄牙宣布的最新紧缩措施。
• Mr Monti's challenge will be to enact a stringent austerity plan aimed at tackling Italy's massive debt.
  蒙蒂先生的挑战将是制定严格的紧缩计划，旨在解决意大利的巨额债务。
• 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。
• It can take stringent austerity measures.
  它可以制定严格的紧缩措施。
• 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。
• Last week, the opposition rejected the government's austerity plans for tackling Portugal's debt crisis.
  上周，反对派否决了政府应对葡萄牙债务危机的紧缩计划。
• Austerity is recessionary, as even the IMF now acknowledges.
  如今，连IMF都已承认，紧缩政策造成了经济衰退。
• Once again, a European government has misjudged the predictable impact of austerity.
  又一个欧洲国家的政府误判了紧缩的可预见影响。