austerities
n. 嚴厲( austerity的名詞複數 ); 簡樸; 苦行; 節衣縮食
Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
...an economic austerity programme.
經濟緊縮方案
...the years of austerity which followed the war.
戰後的艱苦歲月
If you refer to something as showing austerity, you like its plain and simple appearance.
...many abandoned buildings, some of which have a compact classical austerity and dignity.
許多廢棄建築,其中一些佈局緊湊、古樸典雅
Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel.
戰時的艱苦包括食物配給和燃料短缺.
He took to the religious life and at first set no limit to his austerities.
他投身於宗教生活,一開始就竭力刻苦修行.
Forgiveness is woodland of peace, where perfect calm prevails and austerities are performed.
寬恕是和平的綠地, 在這裡有理想中的平靜和善行.