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

• 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。
• No wonder voters have tired of austerity.
  难怪选民们已经对紧缩政策丧失了兴趣。
• It was an era of austerity.
  那是个艰苦的年代。
• So it will fall to Hungary's mainstream politicians to handle the shrinking economy and manage the austerity programme.
  因此，解决经济萎缩和实施节俭计划的重任将落在匈牙利主流政治家肩上。
• 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。
• The IMF, a bastion of tough love austerity, has come to this important realisation.
  如今，一向以严厉的爱充当紧缩政策堡垒的IMF也已经有了这一重要认识。
• 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。
• He rejected the austerity program advocated by the International Monetary Fund.
  他拒绝了国际货币基金组织提出的紧缩开支方案。
• If we stick only to such austerity measures, the country will plunge deeper and deeper into recession.
  他说，如果我们坚持这样的紧缩措施，希腊只会跌得更深并陷入更深的衰退。
• The striking feature in the current debate about austerity and stimulus has been the lack of attention to investment.
  当前这场关于紧缩和刺激的辩论，其显著特点是缺乏对投资的关注。