austerity

austerity

英 [ɒ'sterɪtɪ; ɔː-]
　　美 [ɔ'stɛrəti]

n. 緊縮；樸素；苦行；嚴厲

中文詞源：

austerity 艱苦

來自PIE *saus, 燒，幹旱，詞源同sear, 燒焦。

例句：

1. It was an era of austerity.
那是個艱苦的年代。

2. War was followed by many years of austerity.
緊隨戰爭的是多年的經濟緊縮。

3. A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life.
他對現代生活的批評帶著一種特殊的苛刻.

4. War was followed by many years of austerity.
戰爭結束後還要過多年的緊日子.

5. The austerity measures will have little immediate adverse effect on the average Moroccan.
財政緊縮政策不會對普通的摩洛哥人產生直接的負面影響。